->'''Donna:''' Hold on a minute. That sign over there, it's in English. ''[disappointed]'' Are you having me on? Are we in Epcot?\\
'''Doctor:''' No-no-no, that's the TARDIS translation circuits. It just makes it look like English. Speech as well; you're talking Latin right now.\\
'''Donna:''' Seriously? I just said 'seriously' in Latin.
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii The Fires of Pompeii]]"

->'''Clara:''' Pretty bad "spies", mate. I don't even speak Russian!\\
'''Soviet Officer:''' ...what?\\
'''Clara:''' I don't... ''[to the Doctor]'' Am I speaking Russian right now?\\
'''Doctor:''' Yep.\\
'''Clara:''' Are ''they'' speaking Russian?\\
'''Doctor:''' Of course they are! They're ''Russians!''
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E8ColdWar Cold War]]"

->'''Simon:''' What's English?\\
'''Bill:''' Er, what you're speaking in.\\
'''Simon:''' You're speaking Latin.\\
'''Bill:''' I'm not.\\
'''Simon:''' That's Latin. You just said that in Latin.\\
'''Bill:''' Ah! It's the Doctor. Or the Tardis. Or both. Something... telepathic... link. Auto-translate. That's why [[AliensSpeakingEnglish everyone in space speaks English]].\\
'''Simon:''' What on Earth are you talking about?\\
'''Bill:''' Oh my God, it even does lip-sync.
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E10TheEatersOfLight The Eaters of Light]]"

->''"They try to talk to me all the time. But all they hear is 'pika pika'."''
-->-- '''Detective Pikachu''', ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu''

->''"You're the one who can hear us, aren't you?"''
-->-- '''An owl''', ''Film/DrDolittle''

->'''Tangle:''' '''''Wait.''''' You can talk?\\
'''Cyan Wisp:''' ''alien language]''\\
'''Tangle:''' ''[puts on Whisper's mask]'' Say again?\\
'''Cyan Wisp:''' I said "Of course we can talk."\\
'''Tangle:''' ''[excited]'' '''''The mask lets you talk to Wisps!'''''
-->-- ''Tangle and Whisper'' miniseries issue #3, from ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW''

->''"When the Captain made a vague noise of appreciation in [[MyEyesAreUpHere response to my breasts]], the device scanned his mind, interpreted the context and psi-cast the equivalent meaning in Vulcan while simultaneously (using chronoton sideshift to avoid time-loss) refracting the light waves around his mouth so his lips appeared to be saying those words."''
-->-- '''T'Pol''', ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/13109238 Farce Contact]]'' (a ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' ParodyFic by Odon)

->'''Analyzer:''' ''[speaking Gamilan]'' We hereby welcome you aboard as a ceasefire ambassador.\\
'''Melda Deitz:''' Your Gamilan is difficult to understand, droid. ''[presses [[TranslatorCollar device on neck]] as she begins speaking in Japanese/English]'' There's no need for it, I can translate your language with this device.
-->-- ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199''

->'''Captain Jamieson:''' All right, attention, everyone. For the first time in history, we may hear what a being from another world is trying to communicate to us. My God! Switch on the translating circuits.\\
'''The Creature:''' ''[singing]'' I want to eat... your face. It could just be... so yuuuumy! I'd like to have your face... in my tummy!
-->-- ''[[Film/TheCreatureWasntNice The Creature Wasn't Nice]]'' (1983)

->'''Hal Jordan:''' You speak English?\\
'''Abin Sur:''' No... it's the ring.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternFirstFlight''

->'''Alex:''' You speak English?\\
'''Rylan Officer:''' No, you ''hear'' English thanks to the translator device.
-->-- ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''

->''"I spoke another language? But how could I speak another language without knowing I can?"''
-->-- '''Harry Potter''', ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets''

->''The Babel fish is small, yellow, leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the Universe. It feeds on brainwave energy received not from its own carrier, but from those around it. [[{{Technobabble}} It absorbs all unconscious mental frequencies from this brainwave energy to nourish itself with. It then excretes into the mind of its carrier a telepathic matrix formed by combining the conscious thought frequencies with nerve signals picked up from the speech centres of the brain which has supplied them]]. The practical upshot of all this is that if you stick a Babel fish in your ear you can instantly understand anything said to you in any form of language.''
-->-- ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1''

->'''Elma:''' Tatsu, the Ganglion, and now these Ma-non. Don't you find it a little odd that we can understand these alien languages?\\
'''Lin:''' Huh... good point.\\
'''Rook:''' Maybe they learned our language?\\
'''Elma:''' I doubt it... Tatsu, did you study our language?\\
'''Tatsu:''' Friends' language?\\
'''Elma:''' What language are we speaking right now?\\
'''Tatsu:''' What language? Nopon, of course! Friends' Nopon very good, by the way.\\
'''Elma:''' See? Xenoforms have different anatomy, physiology, different vocal setups in general. It seems likely they would struggle with our pronunciations. And yet, here we are, conversing.\\
'''Lin:''' But if they can't even produce the sounds... this shouldn't be possible.\\
'''Elma:''' No, it shouldn't be. Unless... our words aren't being perceived as sounds at all. Maybe our intent is getting across some other way... But how? ...Could it be something about this planet?\\
'''Lin:''' Heh. Someone sounds pretty intrigued, huh.\\
'''Elma:''' Well, what if it ''is'' some kind of new phenomenon? Aren't you curious to learn more?
-->-- ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX''

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