{"id":15,"date":"2020-12-15T16:09:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2021-02-20T12:09:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T11:09:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/en\/about","title":{"rendered":"Who  is the Klingon Teacher?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15\" class=\"elementor elementor-15\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e4a213 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e4a213\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f24d41\" data-id=\"0f24d41\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8d8ce3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8d8ce3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lieven L. Litaer is: Your Klingon Teacher!<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58b85b16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58b85b16\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5aed878b\" data-id=\"5aed878b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aba1927 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aba1927\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"174\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/teacher02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-807\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/teacher02.jpg 174w, https:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/teacher02-137x300.jpg 137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c1c3a2\" data-id=\"0c1c3a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7506fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7506fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Lieven L. Litaer <\/strong>is a native of Belgium and grew up in Germany. He spoke four languages as a teenager - he now speaks nine: German, English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Turkish, Arabic, Egyptian and of course Klingon. Through his interest in <em>Star Trek<\/em> and his penchant for languages, he learned Klingon in 1995 and quickly became a member of the official Klingon Language Institute (KLI) in the USA. He worked there as a beginners' supervisor in 2001, enabling many interested people to get started with Klingon. In 2019 he founded the <a href=\"https:\/\/klingonisch.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German Klingon Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c639f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c639f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">YouTube and other projects<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ec46a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ec46a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">His popularity increased enormously from 2011 onwards through his <strong>YouTube<\/strong> channel. For many years, Lieven L. Litaer has been giving lectures and readings at company events, universities, public and private events and conventions. He is also the keynote speaker at the world's largest Klingon meeting called \u201cqepHom\u201d in Saarbr\u00fccken.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Lieven is active in many small and large projects, including the opening credits for a famous German children show named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rXjcHmKzZ-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><em>Die Sendung mit der Maus<\/em><\/a> (The show with the mouse) translated and recorded in Klingon. Other projects include a Klingon opera, Klingon rock music, various Internet portals and websites and much more. In 2017, he created the Klingon subtitles for a science fiction series for a world-renowned media company.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c118c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c118c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a72b76e\" data-id=\"a72b76e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b72125 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b72125\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Read more:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d831277 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d831277\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/en\/lebenslauf\/\">detailed list of references<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/en\/about\/encounters-with-celebrities\/\">Encounters with celebrities<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/en\/about\/television-appearances\/\">appearances on television<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lieven L. Litaer ist&#8230; der Klingonischlehrer! Lieven L. Litaer ist geb\u00fcrtiger Belgier und in Deutschland aufgewachsen. Er sprach schon als Teenager vier Sprachen \u2013 inzwischen spricht er neun: Deutsch, Englisch, Niederl\u00e4ndisch, Franz\u00f6sisch, Spanisch, T\u00fcrkisch, Arabisch, \u00c4gyptisch und nat\u00fcrlich Klingonisch. Durch sein Interesse f\u00fcr Star Trek und sein Faible f\u00fcr Sprachen kam er 1995 dazu, Klingonisch [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lieven-litaer.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}