page_title: The Klingon Way
section_title: Contents
hierarchical_section_title: The Klingon Way / Contents
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo of Marc Okrand, which I took after his talk in Leipzig on May 27, 2008. I explicitly asked him if I may upload a picture on Wikipedia, and he agreed.
context_page_description: The Klingon Way: A Warrior's Guide is a 1996 book by the linguist Marc Okrand that was published by Pocket Books. The Klingon Way is a collection of proverbs and sayings in the constructed language of Klingon, ascribed to the Klingon race and Klingon culture in the fictional Star Trek universe. Okrand first began constructing the Klingon language in the 1980s when he was hired to produce Klingon dialogue for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, going on to publish The Klingon Dictionary. The Klingon Way expanded the Klingon lexicon, and was followed by Klingon for the Galactic Traveler.
  An audiobook version of The Klingon Way, featuring the voices of Michael Dorn and Roxann Dawson, was produced by Simon & Schuster Audio. The Klingon Language Institute considers The Klingon Way to be a canonical source of the Klingon language, and the book, along with Okrand's other work on the subject, has become highly important for a section of the Star Trek fandom.
context_section_description: The Klingon Way contains an Introduction, Annotations, and 157 proverbs and locutions, with a number of additional proverbs or their modifications found in the descriptions. The book is not arranged in alphabetic order (neither in Klingon or English) and has no index or table of contents. The book presents English translations of the proverbs (called the Federation Standard versions) with their Klingon originals, along with explanation stories and footnote references to the Star Trek series episodes up to Star Trek: Voyager and from the films up to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The book includes photos from Star Trek episodes and films, but does not reference the Star Trek novels.
  Entry headings sometimes present more than one related proverb. The description stories explain the role of the given proverb in Klingon culture; they sometimes explain language usage of specific Klingon words or particular grammatical form, and also sometimes present additional related proverbs.
  For example, the proverb Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam ("It is a good day to die") is illustrated with a story explaining that "This is an extremely common Klingon locution, often uttered when the odds seem to favor an opponent. It does not, however, represent a defeatist attitude." Further, the book notes that "Kang, of course, spoke ironically when, accepting the proposition that there was a chance to defeat an adversary, he altered this expression to 'It is a good day to live'." The footnotes point out that this proverb was used in The Next Generation episode "Sins of the Father" and in the Deep Space Nine episode "Blood Oath". The image for this entry shows "Koloth encountering a guard for the Albino and teaching him a proverb".
  Common locutions include lumbe' tlhInganpu' ("Klingons do not procrastinate"), 'utbe' bel. ("Pleasure is nonessential") and QI'tomerDaq Heghpu' Hoch ("No one survived Khitomer"). Toasts and wishes include tlhIngan maH! ("We are Klingons!"), batlh ghob yIpab ("Adhere to virtue honorably."), and batlh bIHeghjaj! ("May you die well!").
caption: Okrand, pictured 2008
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