That could work for some of the characters(Geordi, Data, and the EMH), but the others must be that good.Cpl Kendall wrote:Jeebus I'm tired of having to invent explainations for Trek writers. Perhaps the UT projects a translation of the interface on to a contact in the SFer's eye!
I remember reading a book back in third or fourth grade I think, that was part of a series, where this human kid got taken up by aliens to a mothership the size of Kentucky where they implanted a translater in his mind that translated language and gestures. Things like that, the TARDIS' telepathic circuits, and the lack of continuity make me think Star Trek needs to be reset.Captain Seafort wrote:The Tardis translator uses its telepathic circuits, which is probably the best way of doing it from the production point of view since it removes the need for complicated explanations of why some words aren't translated, and how they can read alien writing.
I think the explanation in the TM is pure bunk.Rochey wrote:Which, naturaly, makes virtualy no sense. You can take languages from two different regions on our one, little, tiny planet and they can be nothing alike. We're now to accept that two languages, from completely different cultures that have had no influence on each other historicaly are now similar enough that they all come from one base root?
