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Happy International Women's
Day 2021! At first I thought this was to celebrate international women like
Gal Gadot and Sofia Vergara. It turns out to be an international celebration of
all women with a focus on fighting gender bias. With all due respect to Gal and
Sofia, that's probably for the best. They get enough attention every day as it
is.
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Obituary: Allan McDonald, Who Refused To Approve Shuttle Challenger Launch, Dead At 83. Thanks RedEye9.
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Kxmode wrote on Mar 8, 2021, 21:37:Yeah, it is one of the big things they paper over. In ST:DS9 when the Cardassians are introduced to the Breen as their new Dominion allies, Damar can't understand the Breen. He complains to Weyoun and then says (paraphrased), "If I had known we were meeting with the Breen I would have had my universal translator updated". This is one of a couple of nods I have noticed over all the Star Trek series which is apparently meant to make us think universal translators are ubiquitous... but it doesn't explain why with no human present that we, the audience, would hear English. And even if it was supposed to, why can't we understand the Breen?
Has anyone noticed in Star Trek episodes where there are no humans, the language spoken is still English? I thought about that after watching the DS9 episode "The House of Quark."
That said, there have also been indications the UT isn't perfect. In another ST:DS9 episode Julian is working with the other genetically enhanced humans and they are analyzing a recording of Weyoun and switch the recording to native language mode. And in doing so learn something they could not determine from the UT's translation.
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