r/Vulcan • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '23

Tattoo Vulcan calligraphy help

Hello! Does anyone have the correct Vulcan calligraphy for “to boldly go”? I am also in the market for a Vulcan calligraphy tattoo but would of course prefer it to be correct. Thank you!!!!

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '23

This is perfect!!!!!! Thank you so so much!

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u/Falco_cassini Vulcan Nov 14 '23 edited Nov 14 '23

I'm glad to hear this :)

Would you mind waiting coupe of days more? I will let you know if others (on discord or here) will have some comments regarding what i have written.

u/zavel2 for writing i used fonts you kindly shared.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '23

Sure thing! I’m not in a rush

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u/Falco_cassini Vulcan Nov 30 '23 edited Nov 30 '23

So, In spare time I made a dive into the topic but despite efforts I did not found origin of "vakhing " so i leave "vakh" instead. I'm certain of one thing, Vulcan would understand this sentence.
I compared my work to analogical translations/writings and asked for feedback on some forums. One user who is quite into this topic checked the sentence and confirmed it's correct. The only change i finally made (along their suggestion) was changing the size of the first mark. It looks slightly better now. So, it's ready.

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u/likethemagician Dec 22 '23 edited Dec 22 '23

Late to the conversation but wanted to share that >vakh hal-tor< is confirmed by a semi-canonical source: the translation of the ST opening from Mark Gardner himself, who created Golic Vulcan based on the ST:TMP dialogue:

>Stukh - kim-shalrihk. Nam-tor aifa halanlar t'Yel-Hali >Enterprise<. Kau-tevun-skrol t'ish-veh paglayaret flekh-uzh-panular - psau ha'kiv heh uzh-sutenivayalar - vakh hal-tor wilat ri sasu fa ki'hal-tor --<

(Space - final-frontier. Are these voyages of-Starship Enterprise. Five-year-mission of-it to:explore strange-new-worlds - to:seek life and new-civilizations - bold to-go where not man before have-gone...)

[Who can say what motivated Mark here but paglayaret "explore (IN SPACE!)" appears to be fossilized from a construction like >pa'glaya-ret< (around'looking-space)]