[Pred the Penguin]

Quick question: How long is a Vasudan second?

About as long as a Terran second, based on the countdown in A Flaming Sword.

Maybe they were just... counting down. XD

[Androgeos Exeunt]

It seems to be about half a second longer, though.

[Mobius]

There should be a conversion rate discovered to solve similar problems.

Probably like degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit. There is a conversion system, but it's so complicated no-one knows it apart from a few weirdo's. Converter programs take care of everything.

I'm not weird...I simply had the misfortune of studying Physics...

Speaking of conversions, I think the Vasudans' definition of GTVA, if literally translated, would be Galactic Vasudan-Terran Alliance. Each species may tend to put itself to a higher level, I think.

[Snail]

Speaking of conversions, I think the Vasudans' definition of GTVA, if literally translated, would be Galactic Vasudan-Terran Alliance. Each species may tend to put itself to a higher level, I think.

It could be the "Galactic Alliance between the Peoples of the Sands of Vasuda and the Inferior Meatbags."

[Mobius]

Replace "Inferior Meatbags" with "Earthborn" or something like that.

[redsniper]

Or don't. Since they have to wear the squawkers, I wouldn't put it past them to program them in such a way that they can call us all kinds of names without it being translated.

[Mobius]

We can circumvent that problem when dealing with other languages (on Earth) so I guess it can be done when dealing with the Vasudans, as well.

[Dilmah G]

Well we both have to wear them don't we. We have to understand them as well. And as ST:R taught us I don't think Terran hothead-edness was cut from the final version of the translator.

[Pred the Penguin]

I was under the impression that many Vasudans understood English...

[Dilmah G]

I was under the impression that many Vasudans understood English...

I would doubt that.

[Snail]

Well we both have to wear them don't we. We have to understand them as well. And as ST:R taught us I don't think Terran hothead-edness was cut from the final version of the translator.

According to the FSRefBible, which I tend to count as canon unless it's contradicted else where, the translator devices are available to both species. However, the Vasudans are the ones who usually wear them.

[Mongoose]

Even if they couldn't speak it, it'd probably be a hell of a lot easier for Vasudans to learn English than the other way around, considering how complex their own language is linguistically.  In fact, I think we have some canon evidence that this is true at least some of the time, since the Vasudan's translator in the FS1 laboratory cutscene was only translating from Vasudan, not into it.

[Snail]

Even if they couldn't speak it, it'd probably be a hell of a lot easier for Vasudans to learn English than the other way around, considering how complex their own language is linguistically.  In fact, I think we have some canon evidence that this is true at least some of the time, since the Vasudan's translator in the FS1 laboratory cutscene was only translating from Vasudan, not into it.

According to the FSRefBible of holiness there was also an earpiece included with the squawker.

[Dilmah G]

Even if they couldn't speak it, it'd probably be a hell of a lot easier for Vasudans to learn English than the other way around, considering how complex their own language is linguistically.  In fact, I think we have some canon evidence that this is true at least some of the time, since the Vasudan's translator in the FS1 laboratory cutscene was only translating from Vasudan, not into it.

According to the FSRefBible of holiness there was also an earpiece included with the squawker.

I've got to read that thing again