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Originally posted by Alpha Kodiak:
I'm curious about their translator technology. While the show has been demonstrating that most of their tech is primitive compared to TOS and later, the fact that the captain could talk to a native in their own language real time, including lip synchronization, is just accepted. I could understand an alien race that is technologically advanced understanding the concept of a translator and accepting little details like the lips not matching the words, but a primitive person, thinking that they were speaking to one of their own race, would be confused.
I just wish they had more problems dealing with language in that situation. At least the translator broke down at one point, but it still didn't explain how they could pull off the translator trick at all.
Yes this one confuses me also. I was expecting someone to say "hey why is your voice coming out of your pants." Still don't understand how they hear the translation either. In the NTG and DS9 they did talk about having one implanted their head but I still do not quite understand how others would understand them without having one themselves. I can see the it telling the holder what the other person is saying, but I don't see it working in reverse and speaking for the holder.