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The Klingon Language Institute (KLI) is an independent organization originally founded in
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and now located in
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General

The KLI has members from all over the world. For 13 years, it published a quarterly journal ' (Klingon for "linguistics"), before discontinuing the paper mailings and changing to an electronic version which quickly stopped entirely. It also published the fiction and poetry magazine ' for three volumes. It now publishes a number of translated works including '' The Wizard of Oz'', ''
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'', the ''Tao Teh Ching'', ''
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'' and more. Each year, the KLI hosts a five-day conference called the (Klingon for "great meeting"), which is open to both members and anyone interested in the language. The KLI is running several projects, including the administration of the
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Klingon language course, translation into Klingon of a number of award-winning
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. The motto of the institute is "", which means "Language opens worlds". The KLI is a 501(c)3
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and exists to facilitate the scholarly exploration of the Klingon language and culture. It has the permission of
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to use trademarks such as "Star Trek" and "Klingon".


History

The KLI was founded in 1992 in
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. In 2022, it relocated to
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. Each year, in midsummer, the annual meeting called the takes place. It is open to anyone who is interested in the Klingon language, and usually takes place in the United States. The eighth meeting, the first and only ever outside the US, was held in
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, Belgium in 2001 and organized by
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. At these meetings, attendees discuss and use the Klingon language in both formal lessons and panels, as well as informal activities and events. It is held at a more professional level compared to a standard
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. During the coronavirus pandemic of 2020-21, the KLI held the online on their
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server. These events have had some of the highest attendee rates, with the 28th having over 100 participants. Parallel to this annual meeting, many members of the KLI also organize their own "small meetings", in Klingon called "," which are informal and small local gatherings to practice the Klingon language. At the of the year 2003, a documentary movie about the KLI was produced. Its name is ''Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water''. This movie was presented at the
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in France, and was shown in theaters few years after.


Organization

The KLI was founded by Lawrence M. Schoen, Ph.D., who currently still serves on the Bord of Directors. The Board is currently made up of Chris Lipscombe, board president and IT Coordinator, Jeremy Cowan, Vice President and Coordinator, Alan Anderson, Treasurer and primary
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, and Lawrence M. Schoen, Ph.D., Licensing and Publications Officer. During the 1990s and 2000s, at intervals ranging from three to eighteen months, a Beginners Grammarian was elected from among the most experienced intermediate level speakers on the
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operated by the KLI. Their duty was to help teach the beginners of the Klingon language who used the email discussion list. The process was designed to help new students of the language while also helping improve the knowledge and skills of the Beginners' Grammarian. When their duty was over, they kept their title of Beginners' Grammarian. The KLI has about 20 former Beginners' Grammarians. Due to the rise of
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and the decline of email discussion lists, Beginners' Grammarians are no longer chosen. The KLI administers a website, the
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, that is designed to recognize KLI members for their achievements in learning Klingon. The program defines four levels of certification, from Beginner ("") to Grammarian (""). Certification is awarded based upon performance on written tests, administered by representatives of the KLI. Testing is available for free to all active KLI members. Currently only the first three levels have a test, and no one has been awarded the level as of 2021. ''Beginners' Grammarians'' from the email list are not considered . In 2022 the KLI entered a partnership with
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to run their Klingon language course. The KLI is in close contact with
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, the creator of the Klingon language, who has visited each since the third one. At those meetings, he receives a wishlist of requests for missing Klingon vocabulary, which he frequently answers. These new words were first published in ', and then on the KLI's website, but are now published directly to the website during the event.


Notable speakers

Some Klingonists have gained relative notoriety for various accomplishments. The KLI has awarded the title "Friend of Maltz" to Klingonists who has furthered the language in various significant ways. This award has only been given out to twelve people since the formation of the KLI. Its recipients include: Alan Anderson, William Martin, Mark Shoulson, Rich Yampell, d'Armond Speers, Nick Nicholas, Robyn Stewart, Eric Andeen, Jeremy Cowan, Chris Lipscombe and Lieven L. Litaer


Rich Yampell

Yampell (known to Klingonists as or "Captain Krankor"), a
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currently residing in
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, is probably the world's first ever conversational speaker of Klingon. He is the author of the book ''The Grammarian's Desk,'' published in 1996 by the Klingon Language Institute, a collection of the columns he wrote for the institute's scholarly journal ''HolQeD''. Yampell is also the author and co-author of numerous songs, such as the Klingon Anthem "" (music and lyrics), "" (music and lyrics), "" (music). He served as the KLI's Primary
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from its founding until 2022.


Lawrence M. Schoen

Lawrence M. Schoen is the founder of the KLI and former Director. He is the editor of the institute's scholarly journal ' and co-creator of the Klingon song "" (lyrics). He had been the organizer of the KLI's annual summer conference, or , until 2015 when he handed coordination of the event over to Jeremy Cowan. He obtained a
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for the Wedge Medical Center. He is also a professional science fiction author, a lifetime member of SFWA, and in 2007 was a finalist for the
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. He resides in
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.


Chris Lipscombe

Lipscombe is the current board President and IT Directory. He performs the day-to-day administration of the KLI, including maintaining the website, fulfilling merchandise, overseeing the mailing list, and
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server. Chris has completed many Klingon translations projects, the largest of which was the translation of
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, and served as the original language coach for the Chicago productions of the play. He also worked on translations for the TV show
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, various Klingon Pop Warrior songs, the
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client, and many others. He resides in Kentucky, the current headquarters for the KLI.


Alan Anderson

Anderson is the current board Treasurer and primary
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. He oversees the KLI's online event calendar and runs a weekly Klingon language discussion on the KLI's
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server. He has also served as a Beginners Grammarian on the KLI's mailing list. He is one of the most skilled Klingon speakers on the planet. He has worked on a number of translation projects, including '' Star Trek: Discovery'', IDW's Blood Will Tell comic, Marvel Comics' Starfleet Academy #18 Klingon Language edition, and the April Fools webpage and video of
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. He also provides voices for the Duolingio Klingon language course.


Jeremy Cowan

Cowan is the current board Vice President and Coordinator. He was part of the team the originally created the
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Klingon language course and currently oversees the KLI's partnership with
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. He has been a member of the KLI since 1992 and attended the Klingon Language Camp in Red Lake Falls, MN. He has served as the language coach for the Chicago productions of
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, taking over from Chris 2012.


d'Armond Speers

Speers is an American
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and a former member of the KLI. He graduated from
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in the Spring of 2002. His dissertation topic was "Representation of American Sign Language for Machine Translation". Speers is known for having undertaken the endeavor to raise his child
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ly in English and Klingon; Speers spoke in Klingon and his wife in English. A few years into his life, the child began rejecting Klingon and gravitating towards English, as he could use English with many more speakers. At the time of Speers' attempt, Klingon even lacked words for many objects common around the house, such as "table". The experiment ultimately failed when the child refused to use Klingon when he got older,Gavin Edwards: ''Babble On Revisited'', Wired Magazine, Issue 7.08, August 1999
/ref> and Speers abandoned the project in 1997.


Publications

* '' HolQeD'', the quarterly journal of the KLI containing grammatical discussions, new Klingon words, Klingon literature as well as internal information for the members. 'Ceased publication ca. 2003''* '' A Pictorial Guide to the Verbal Suffixes of tlhIngan Hol'' (1995, ) 'no longer available in printed form, but is available as an Ebook''A book with drawings explaining the use of different
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es. * '' ghIlghameS'' (2000, ). The Klingon version of the
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, translated by Roger Cheesbro, with an introduction by Lawrence M. Schoen. * '' The Klingon Hamlet'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Khamlet, Son of the Emperor of
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'') The Klingon translation of Shakespeare's most famous work, translated by
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and Andrew Strader supported by the KLI. This project was initiated after the Klingon Chancellor Gorkon (
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) stated in '' Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'', "You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon." The KLI printed and published a limited edition hardback version in 1996, entitled ''Hamlet Prince of Denmark: The Restored Klingon Version'' (). ''Star Trek'' publisher
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published the work as a trade paperback () in 2000. * ''
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'' in Klingon (2003, ). Translated by Nick Nicholas. * '' From the Grammarian's Desk'' () 'no longer available''A collection of grammatical wisdom from the ''HolQeD'' column by Captain Krankor, the first grammarian of the KLI. * ''
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'' (2008). A Klingon translation and a new English translation of
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's classic, by Agnieszka Solska, published as a trade paperback () and a hardcover version (). * '' Sunzi's Art of War'' (2018). A Klingon translation and a new English translation of the Chinese classic, by Agnieszka Solska, published as print on demand () and (). * ''
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'' (). A Klingon translation of the
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book by Jackson Bradley, published as a trade paperback. * ' (2021). An original Klingon novel, the first of its kind to be published, by Jackson Bradley. Published as a trade paperback.


Collaborations

Having some of the most experienced Klingon speakers, the KLI is often contacted for or involved in translations before they are published. This work may include reviews or even complete translation work. * ''Star Trek: Starfleet Academy series !'' (1998) :A Star Trek comic by
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was translated by Alan Anderson and David Trimboli, coordinated by Lawrence Schoen, and edited by Chip Carter. * ''Star Trek: Klingons - "Blood Will Tell"'' (2007) :The production of the comic publisher IDW was translated by KLI members Alan Anderson, Roger Cheesbro, Rich Yampell and Lawrence M. Schoen. * Klingon ''
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'' (2011) :The Klingon version of the board game ''Monopoly'' was translated by Marc Okrand and the KLI. * (2011) :The book for the opera ʼuʼ was reviewed before publication. * ''Klingon Manual of the
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'' (2013) :A book about a Klingon space ship was reviewed before publication. * ''How to Speak Klingon'' (2013) :This audio
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with Klingon daily-use sentences was translated by the KLI and the audio samples were spoken by its director, Lawrence M. Schoen. * ''Star Trek: Manifest Destiny'' (2016) :The production of the comic publisher IDW was translated by KLI members Roger Cheesbro, Chris Lipscombe, and Jeremy Cowan. * ''
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: Steel and Flame'' (2021) :This rock song written by
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and sung by
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, (who played L'Rell in '' Star Trek: Discovery'') was translated by KLI members, primarily Chris Lipscombe. * ''Baby's First Klingon Words'' (2022) :A board book by
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that contains pictures and words in both Klingon and English.


References


External links


Website of the KLI
(www.kli.org/) *
''Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water'', Amazon
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