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[NecrosaroIII]

In Star Trek, everyone uses a device called a Universal Translator. No one is really speaking English. They're speaking whatever language they normally speak.

So Klingons... why are sometimes words left untranslated? They're always speaking Klingon as is.. yet the translator doing its job

 

[6502]

They speak in Welsh to confuse the translator.

 

[Tschumi]

Lok Tar Ogar...

 

[nush]

So Klingons... why are sometimes words left untranslated?

This happens in real language as well. Many English words are not actually English and thus they don't need translating.

99 French words we use in English all the time - Busuu Blog

The English language has inherited quite a few French cognates – which means that French words are used in English. Discover 99 examples.

blog.busuu.com