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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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Why didn’t the Universal Translator work in at least one direction in Star Trek VI?

Chekov says that a universal translator would be recognized as such. I had always assumed that the sound of the UT would be obviously distinguishable from natural speech. This explains why they can …
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