Module · Language
Klingon (Language Pack)
A complete Klingon translation of the Wintertrace interface. Add tlhIngan Hol as a language — per user, or installation-wide — without touching the core.
- Version
- 1.2.0
- Released
- 29 Jun 2026
- Languages
- German, English
Stop roaming the galaxy. There’s a shovel here.
Probably the one piece of Earth software a Klingon speaker can run end to end — and it happens to document winter-service operations.
This is a complete translation of the Wintertrace interface into tlhIngan Hol — every screen and the full in-app help, not a partial layer over English. Once installed, Klingon joins the list of languages you can choose.
With Klingon active, the interface runs under Wintertrace branding. The pack installs without any change to the core — nothing in the underlying application is modified to add the language.
How a language with no word for “snow” got one
Klingon has only a few thousand canonical words and no winter-service vocabulary at all. So the missing terms were built, not borrowed.
The rule was canon first: use an attested Marc Okrand word wherever one exists. Where none did, the translation coins a descriptive compound that explains what the thing does — the way Klingon builds its own words. Snow becomes Doch bIr, “cold substance”. Grit becomes Doch chIS, “white substance”. GPS becomes Daq ‘angwI’, “place-shower”. Even a PDF export is nav De’, “paper-data”.
The tone is terse and imperative, which suits both Klingon and an operations tool: the delete action is Qaw’ — “destroy”.
The pack uses the standard Latin romanisation, not the pIqaD script — so it renders correctly everywhere, with no special font and no change to the core. Capitalisation carries meaning in Klingon, so the capitals and the apostrophe are preserved exactly as written.
A short field glossary
A few of the terms a driver actually meets on screen. Klingon spelling is case-sensitive — the capitals and the apostrophe are part of the word.
| English | Klingon | Literally |
|---|---|---|
| Winter-service job | Qu’ | duty, mission |
| Clearing (plowing) | chal teq | — |
| Gritting | DuQwI’ tlhup | — |
| Snow | Doch bIr | cold substance |
| Salt / grit | Doch chIS | white substance |
| Weather | muD | atmosphere |
| Vehicle | Duj | vessel |
| Driver | DevwI’ | one who leads |
| Customer | je’wI’ | one who pays |
| GPS | Daq ‘angwI’ | place-shower |
| jabbI’ID QIn | transmitted message | |
| nav De’ | paper-data | |
| Address | Daq per | place-label |
| Delete | Qaw’ | destroy |
| Service report | ghItlh | a written record |
| Success | Qapla’ | success |
Per person, or for everyone
Two ways to switch on Klingon — and nothing changes language on its own.
Per user
Each person picks Klingon in their own profile. One office can run in two languages at once, with no effect on anyone else’s account.
Installation-wide
Set Klingon as the default for the whole installation, so new users start in Klingon without changing anything themselves.
Your current language stays untouched. Installing the pack adds Klingon as an option — it does not switch anyone over automatically.
Why does a winter-service application speak Klingon? The longer answer is on the blog: Winter-service software in Klingon.
Qapla’.
File integrity
Every published module is signed against the same Ed25519 root key used for Wintertrace core updates. The values below come straight from the catalogue API.
- Size
- 68 KB
- SHA-256
- 43e5c27e54df…8e1cf821
- Released
- 29 Jun 2026
- Languages
- German, English
Install this module
The same two paths as any Wintertrace add-on.
From the admin area
Open the Modules menu inside a running Wintertrace installation. Pick Klingon (Language Pack) from the catalogue and install with one click.
Manually via FTP
Download the archive, unpack it, and upload the folder to
modules/ inside your installation.
New here? The installation page walks through a fresh setup first.
Download
The module is served from the Wintertrace add-on registry at
jenni.noschmarrn.dev — the same source
the admin area pulls from.
External link — the download is served from the maintainer's registry at jenni.noschmarrn.dev and verified against the SHA-256 above.