How come the Universal Translators don always work?
Because if they worked all the time, Mark Okrand would be out of a job. I’ve seen various attempts at explaining why Klingons can speak Klingon when they were just speaking English. There’s really a very simple explanation. The UT’s translate language for the listener, not the speaker. If two Klingons are talking, why would their UT’s translate their native tongue? They can understand the language, so no translation is made. In many cases, of course, the audience hears the conversation in our native tongue due to the UT’s present in our televisions. This is why not all Klingon or Ferengi or Cardassian (etc.) conversations are heard in the native language. • What’s the new Star Trek series going to be about? At this time, no one knows for sure. Rick Berman has stated he’s discussing ideas with senior producers, but has only promised “something we’ve never seen before.” Leaks from Paramount indicate a series based around Starfleet Academy, but it’s too early to tell how much is truth and
