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Drop Dead Gorgias: I kind of like the idea of retitling this article Babel Fish, as the concept is pretty well outlinied in H 2 G 2 in a way that will pretty much cover all the other cases.
Gus: No objection from me [NMA]. Any of the mechanisms called-out (microbes, universal translator, babel fish) describe the notion. "Babel Fish" makes the funniest noise, though. :-)
Mister Six: Seconded. Babel Fish is by far the better known term (hell, it was used for an online translation engine) and the one that would be most intuitive.
Tanto: On second thought, I'm deleting the Metal Gear Solid example, since it's more Translation Convention than this (and in fact is already there). Will It Work: I thought Mokona was female? William Wide Web: I think the Oldest One In The Book thing is really more of an Aliens Speaking English than Translator Microbes—actually, I'd say the latter goes back all the way to Acts with "speaking in tongues" where everybody in the crowd, no matter what language they spoke, understood the disciples. Iustinus: Would the fact that language problems never ever crop up in Greek mythology, no matter how far someone travels count? (Think, for instance, of how easily the Greeks and Trojans converse in The Iliad.) Haven: "There are languages in Discworld. Because it is Discworld, this counts as a subversion of Translator Microbes". What? Seriously, look at the example below and tell me it has anything to do with translation assisting phlebotinum.
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