<Esa_> y'know I did wonder too... why is the federation only using english?
<Esa_> they need a babblefish :)
<Aair> Universal translators
<Aair> the dialog has been translated into English for you
<Esa_> if it's universal translators, then why does chekov have an accent?
<nicole> accents are kept.. for some.. reason..
<Aair> Maybe he's trying to speak english?
<Aair> And the UT is like, "WTF are you saying?"
<Aair> It might have an easier time if he stuck to Russian
<nicole> so... if he just spoke russian..
<nicole> lol
<Esa_> dood jus talk russian
<jaschu> There's a bug in the translator.
<jaschu> It switches the Vs and Ws.
<jaschu> But WAIT
<jaschu> if he WAS speaking Russian,
<jaschu> wouldn't he look like he was in a dubbed-over kung fu movie?
<Aair> If he was speaking Russian, yes, I think it would
<Aair> Probably be some delay, as the UT tries to process the context of what was said, too
<Esa_> maybe he just pissed off the UT one day, so it stopped translating for him :)
<jaschu> "FUCK YOU CHEKOV I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A POLYGLOT DEFECT FROM LAST CENTURY!"
<jaschu> Yeah, I can see it.
<Esa_> the UT has a sense of humor too, you see
<nicole> I'm sorry Chekov, I'm afraid I can't let you have proper diction
