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Posted by Alpha Centauri (Member # 338) on :

A thought struck my mind:

The TNG:TM tells us that the Universal Translator super-imposes translated speech over the normal speech (in his/her/its mother-language) of the subject. This would cause the 'bad-lip-sync effect', as I call it. But we don't see evidence of anything such on-screen. (OK, it would be very confusing for the TV watcher, but let's forget this)

My theory is that any Universal Translator also has a holographic projector, maybe working in conjunction with advanced facial scanning techniques, which provides real-time holographic manipulation: a hologram projected over the subject's face, with its lips moving according to English speech (or Federation Standard ).

What do you think?

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Posted by Doctor Jonas (Member # 481) on :

Hmmm... nice theory. But shipwide holographic projectors are only a very recent incorporation. And think about the personal translator included in the commbadge! It would require 29th century technology

(that is, the Voyager's EMH mobile emmitter devices)

I say, they do look funny and that's it. I watch Star Trek in Spanish, and they're already lipsync-ed. So for me, it's not big deal

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Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :

Didn't you know that Chronowerx is the manufacturer of *all* TVs? And that they've built in UTs and sophisticated lip-sync technologies?

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Posted by Alpha Centauri (Member # 338) on :

But don't you think it's very tiresome to talk to an alien, while his lip movements and the UT-imposed speech do not match? Dubbing on TV is really something else than in "real life" - you might get used to it, but it drives your brains crazy!

Another thought occurred to me: holography is not necessary when you're talking to an alien via a viewscreen. Sophisticated software might be installed for real-time video manipulation to get rid of the "out-of-sync" chatter.

Anyway, I think 24th century engineers should have invented something to compensate.

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