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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Saiyanman Benjita: [QB] Of course I could start out by saying it's just a show and nothing's perfect, but I think this is a cool conversation. I think Aban was right when the original UT works on brain waves (Which allows it to distinguish what the speaker is trying to say). In DS9, we saw Quark working on his own UT, which was implanted in his head. He wasn't able to understand the English spoken to him, and the Americans couldn't understand the Ferengi language. It probably helps them understand outside languages, as well as help them converse in the foreign languages themselves (by helping them put their words in the foreign language for them to speak.) This doesn't make them learn the new language, just the pronunciation of what they need to say(which covers the "bad lip-synch" theory). The more they grow accustomed to being told what to speak, the faster and easier they become, soon being able to speak English Fluently without knowing the English Language. Alpha Centauri- The ST6 scene you were referring to was probably a Viewer Translation effect, much like the Captain's Cabin scene in Hunt for Red October. Give the viewer a minute or two in the native language, so they know the basis of the conversation (Of course if a foreigner entered the room, the conversation would revert back to Klingon to accomodate the difference in languages for the viewer.) and then speak in the viewer's language to help the viewer keep with the story and the feeling of the scene (which is really hard when you have to keep reading. Really, would hunt for Red October be better if half the spoken lines were in Russian?) The UT is based on speech algorithms and patterns, and it uses these to translate. Isn't this how we originally translated each other's language in the first place ("You keep saying 'hola' whenever we meet, does that mean 'hello'?") The UT works the same way. It is just more advanced to be able to used in everyday life. We already have the technology where the computer can tell such traits as sarcasm and lying. Who's to say that someday down the road, a small computer chip in our heads can tell what we want to say, how we want to say it, and omit or translate in the ways we want it to? Of course the Federation officers all know English (or Federation Standard). This is like how all of our militaries know English (for English-speaking countries, other languages for other countries). Wars would be that much harder when you need translators. Higher officials know English, because that gives them an advantage (Always an advantage when you understand what your enemy is saying, yet they don't understand all you may say.) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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