tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 01 13:27:45 1995
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Re: Word for `English'
- From: Da Round Table Acct <klirt>
- Subject: Re: Word for `English'
- Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 16:27:44 -0500 (EST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "HoD trI'Qal" at Jan 29, 95 05:54:28 pm
>
> Lawrencevo':
> > > Of course, I always prefered >tera'ngan Hol< as a better description of
> > > English.
> > >
> > > David E G Sturm
> >
> > Uhoh, David, your nationalism is showing. ;)
> >
> > Lawrence
>
>
> While I have a lot of respect for those of us who do not speak English as
> a native language, I have to agree with David Sturm. I have always used
> <tera'ngan Hol> for "Federation Standard" or "English". Why? Because
> that is what they speak on the show. I am not sure on this, but I
> vaguely remember either reading or hearing somewhere that English was
> made the standard language for Earth when the Federation was formed, and
> it later became the standard language for the Federation. Or something.
> If I am wrong on this, someone please correct me...
>
> --tQ
>
This is yet another example of ethnocentricism, or so I believe. Perhaps
some of the list members residing outside the USA or the UK can verify
this, but I believe that Star Trek is dubbed into other languages (e.g.,
German in Germany), so the argument that "that is what they speak on the
show" is empty.
But while I'm thinking about it again, what I want to know is, when they
dub the Federation Standard (originally English at the studios), do they
also dub the Klingon? Before you ask "what would be the point?" consider
episodes where we have a character speaking both English and Klingon.
They have to dub the English to the local audience's languaage. Do they
dub the Klingon so the actor's voice matchs? Anyone know?
Lawrence
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