[Trailer] Star Trek - Into Darkness

[Janx]

Language/Linguistics. Yeah, I'm very familiar with the "Living Language" argument.
I have a counter argument. Not appropriate here.

I think the crux of the matter is, why do people who don't like Topic X feel the need to post on threads about Topic X that they don't like Topic X?

It's like that Dr. Who thread. That one dude watched like every episode and hated them all. And felt the need to explain why in a thread for people who like Dr. Who.

It's dickish behavior. I hate to make you feel unwelcome, but like most folks grammas say, if you ain't got nothin nice to say, GTFO.

 

[Campbell]

Correct me if I'm wrong. Doesn't Star Trek assume that Earth is united under one language/government? Besides I like katanae. Call me shallow.

 

[jonesy]

Correct me if I'm wrong. Doesn't Star Trek assume that Earth is united under one language/government?

Yes and no. United Earth is the major governing organization, but all of the countries and unions exist beneath it. And while all the different languages are still in use, Starfleet doesn't seem to have any members who do not speak English.

Edit: and I mean members from Earth who do not speak it.

 

[Morrus]

Yes and no. United Earth is the major governing organization, but all of the countries and unions exist beneath it. And while all the different languages are still in use, Starfleet doesn't seem to have any members who do not speak English.

Edit: and I mean members from Earth who do not speak it.

i may be misremembering, but I thought everyone in the Federation eithe spoe something called "Galactic" or used a universal translator. So to the viewer, it's all English.

 

[jonesy]

i may be misremembering, but I thought everyone in the Federation eithe spoe something called "Galactic" or used a universal translator. So to the viewer, it's all English.

Galactic language? I don't think so. And we were talking about language usage on Earth, not in the Federation (which was the reason I clarified what I was saying).

 

[sabrinathecat]

Oh, everyone just learns English, because Star Fleet is based in the USA, and everyone knows that "Americans" never learn foreign languages.

 

[jonesy]

Oh, everyone just learns English, because Star Fleet is based in the USA, and everyone knows that "Americans" never learn foreign languages.

I have a much better explanation: the show focuses on the English speaking portion of the Earth-based operatives.

 

[Morrus]

Did universal translators exist in the Enterprise series? They have no trouble speaking to Andorians and other newly met races, so I presume so.

 

[Janx]

Did universal translators exist in the Enterprise series? They have no trouble speaking to Andorians and other newly met races, so I presume so.

they had the early stages of a computer translator, but they mostly relied on Hoshi to figure out the language because she was a human translator.

 

[Morrus]

they had the early stages of a computer translator, but they mostly relied on Hoshi to figure out the language because she was a human translator.

Ah, OK. I've only seen a half dozen episodes, if that.