I felt that the sixth "Vulcan" chapter - depicting the life of Surak - deserved to be translated into Vulcan. I have spent last while translating the first part of the chapter... If you find a mistake, please let me know.
Ish-veh vesh'pukeshta mu-yor wuh da'Nikhirch vesh'pukeshta - wuh da'ni'i'khirch -- sahris yel ish-vesht saudau svi'igen T'Khasi - yonik - glazhaun tipan T'khut. T'Leia - t'ish'veh ko-mekh - ri beglanau yel. T'ko'veh ar'kadan nesh na't'ko-veh - vuh kan-bu vesh'tab-ma - eh maut suk. Svi'kla-min - ish-veh ved faikaik -- kan-bu vesht tefu k'yut pufai-tor fi'Terra u'>caesarean section<. Kha'wal nam-tor svi'Vuhlkansu eh svi'Eingelsu - vesht ertau ish'veh hizhuking pa'kah tefuk - heh po-tefuk - lu au vesht shitau wuh kan-bu svi't'ko'veh karlar --- pukeshta isha ish-mu-yor vesh'khara-ahkhlar heh kim-nashiv fi'veh-kahr t'shashol k'wuh'ashiv. Pi'beglanau vesht vlitau T'Leia - isha.
Vesh'nam-tor ri fan-vel ritsuri pa'Surak u'kan. Zudaya na'pon tsuri - vesht yokul tsuring - vesht oren-tor stariben-tor heh kitau-tor heh telv-tor na'tav tsuri -- vesht ruskarau na'leitri-sheklar heh pohshayeklar na'ka pon u'vath kan | heh u'pavesh-tor k'ashiv - po'vesht gla-tor ish-veh wa'rom veh t'wuh-ashiv kan |. T'sa-veh kah'run vesh'pavek-bosh ri -- ish-veh vesht muhl-tor hiyet svi'ek'onglar | du'vipladaular ein nufai ish-veh na'su'us-ek'tal vesh'tor rasahkosing - vesh'flakosh t'ko-mekh sos'eh - veh t'dan-lo'uk fi'ek'tra meil-talsular heh su'us-ek'tal-talsular |. Vesh'pudor-tor ish-veh - hag-t'hai'lu vesh'fereik-tor - heh wehk t'hai'lu vesh'hafau abi'shaht t'ha'kiv. T'sa-veh ha'kiv na'ha-kel vesht sauyaing buhfiking tsuri -- t'sa-veh m'aih T'Leia - eh sah-mekh Stef - sauyaing vesh'taluhk ish-veh heh tik-vath k'mair-fonn'es. Po'ovsot-orenaular - vesh'ya'akash terau k'apc'koik t'sa-mekh - na'shikhauik-apc'koik dvinik wehk suk'apc'koiklar svi'de'Khriv - nen-kahr t'Lhai-shashol. kunli Surak vesh'terau t'sa-veh sah-mekh - heh na'tevunlar - abi'tevun kehl-sheh - vesh'ar'kada teretuhr sep-wafikh-boshing heh vesh-tor apc'koik navun-bosh.
Yi vesh'pavesh-tor ein-vel.
He was born the night the da'Nikhirch was born, the Eye of Fire: the sudden star that appeared in the Vulcan sky, blazing, looking over T'Khut's shoulder. T'Leia, his mother, did not notice the star. She had her work cut out for her, for her child was overdue, and very large. In fact, she quite literally had her work cut out for her: the child was delivered by the technique known on Earth as Caesarean section. The pun exists in Vulcan as well as in English, and she was teased gently about it before the delivery, and afterward, when they placed the baby in her arms... Also born that night were two bush wars and the final attack on one nation's central city by another. T'Leia paid little attention to those, either.
There was nothing whatsoever unusual about Surak as a child. He teethed at the usual time, ate normally, learned to speak and write and read at the normal rate: he clamored for toy swords and guns at the same time other children did (and as often happens, right after he saw a particularly nice one that another child had). His schooling was uneventful: he did well enough at all his subjects (though there are records that suggest he did not do as well at math, which must have been the despair of his mother, one of the most prominent chemists and mathematicians on the planet). He was popular, made friendships easily, and many of those friendships remained in force until the end of his life. His home life was apparently a model of normalcy: T'Leia his mother, and his father Stef, seem to have cherished him and one another with astonishing steadfastness. When Surak completed his schooling, his father invited him into his business - a consultancy which served several of the large corporations in de'Khriv, which had become the chief city of the Lhai nation. Surak was glad to join his father, and for years, until he was forty-six, they worked together amicably and made the business a success.
And then something happened.
There was nothing whatsoever unusual about Surak as a child. He teethed at the usual time, ate normally, learned to speak and write and read at the normal rate: he clamored for toy swords and guns at the same time other children did (and as often happens, right after he saw a particularly nice one that another child had). His schooling was uneventful: he did well enough at all his subjects (though there are records that suggest he did not do as well at math, which must have been the despair of his mother, one of the most prominent chemists and mathematicians on the planet). He was popular, made friendships easily, and many of those friendships remained in force until the end of his life. His home life was apparently a model of normalcy: T'Leia his mother, and his father Stef, seem to have cherished him and one another with astonishing steadfastness. When Surak completed his schooling, his father invited him into his business - a consultancy which served several of the large corporations in de'Khriv, which had become the chief city of the Lhai nation. Surak was glad to join his father, and for years, until he was forty-six, they worked together amicably and made the business a success.
And then something happened.
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