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The Universal Translator is a device used in Star Trek to translate all languages. Rather than being a store of languages, it analyses thought patterns to translate languages.

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Are there any human Star Trek characters who have native languages other than English/Federa...

Pavel Chekov speaks fluent Russian. He periodically lapses into it when excited, as he did in Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock. KIRK: I'm on my way. Sulu, continue docking procedure. SULU (OC): Ay …
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Why didn’t the Universal Translator work in at least one direction in Star Trek VI?

In the film's official novelisation, we get a slightly different version of events. The UT is producing some pretty weird results and they're forced to rely on the paper books from the ship's library. …
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Why wasn't Gowron's phrase translated?

Based on a reading of the show's script, it would appear that the phrase wasn't translated by the UT, nor do any of the crew recognise the phrase, despite many of them having had close contact with th …
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