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[DrBlingzle]

Seriously, dont you think it would be expected for humans to learn a pre established council language?

[Xabungle]

Um, I believe they are all speaking in their own languages and their translators are deciphering .

[Degrees1991]

WTF Hanar and KROGAN don't sound American. Quarians on the other hand sound eastern european well my girl Tali does.

[DrBlingzle]

Degrees1991 wrote...

WTF Hanar and KROGAN don't sound American. Quarians on the other hand sound eastern european well my girl Tali does.

Sorry I should of been more clear. I mean all of the major races I.E turians, asari, salarians etc, etc. Also the species you mentioned may not sound american but they still speak american-english not some galactic race developed before humans came along. My question is: why?

Modifié par Drblingzle, 23 septembre 2013 - 06:17 .

[Undead Han]

They don't. They are being translated into a language Shepard can understand by the universal translators.

My own personal head canon theory is that Shepard is not speaking English while conversing with aliens, but rather that he (or she) is speaking the alien language is that is the lingua franca for Council space. English is just used so the player can understand rather than having to read subtitles, sort of like ancient Romans speaking English in the movie Gladiator. Obviously those characters are supposed to be speaking Latin, its just rendered as English for the sake of the audience.

As evidence for my own personal head canon theory, I'd use Tali's accent. If she were being translated into English she'd sound North-American like Garrus or Liara, and there is no reason why a Quarian would be fluent in English. The Alliance are minor players at the start of Mass Effect 1, who likely have no contact whatsoever with the Migrant Fleet. So I believe that when Shepard is conversing with Liara and Garrus and Tali he is speaking the alien lingua franca for Council Space, and Tali is the only one of those three to have an accent because she is not a native speaker. Its a language she learned as an adult, rather than one learned in childhood. (unlike Garrus and Liara, who were born in Council space)

The Quarians like Kal'Reegar or Xen who don't have exotic accents probably don't speak the official language of Council Space, and are being translated into it (or into English) by Shepard's universal translator. The ones with the more exotic accents like Tali or Shala'Raan, are speaking the official language of Council space and a language that Shepard is fluent in.

Modifié par Han Shot First, 23 septembre 2013 - 06:58 .

[Wulfram]

Shepard is using a translator, presumably one made by an american company.

[Ruadh]

I was gonna attempt to write something witty or funny, but I'm just gonna go with Han Shot First's head canon. I like it. I may adopt this.

[Abraham_uk]

There is a translator which presents all of the alien languages in English. Don't ask me how it works.
I'm sure there is some lore explanation.

Are you sure they're not speaking Canadian English as opposed to American English?
Bioware was Canadian last time I checked.

Modifié par Abraham_uk, 23 septembre 2013 - 06:56 .

[DrBlingzle]

Han Shot First wrote...

They don't. They are being translated into a language Shepard can understand by the universal translators.

My own personal head canon theory is that Shepard is not speaking English while conversing with aliens, but rather that he (or she) is speaking the alien language is that is the lingua franca for Council space. English is just used so the player can understand rather than having to read subtitles, sort of like ancient Romans speaking English in the movie Gladiator. Obviously those characters are supposed to be speaking Latin, its just rendered as English for the sake of the audience.

As evidence for my own personal head canon theory, I'd use Tali's accent. If she were being translated into English she'd sound North-American like Garrus or Liara, and there is no reason why a Quarian would be fluent in English. The Alliance are minor players at the start of Mass Effect 1, who likely have no contact whatsoever with the Migrant Fleet. So I believe that when Shepard is conversing with Liara and Garrus and Tali he is speaking the alien lingua franca for Council Space, and Tali is the only one of those three to have an accent because she is not a native speaker. Its a language she learned as an adult, rather than one learned in childhood. (unlike Garrus and Liara, who were born in Council space)

The Quarians like Kal'Reegar or Xen who don't have exotic accents probably don't speak the official language of Council Space, and are being translated into it (or into English) by Shepard's universal translator. The ones with the more exotic accents like Tali or Shala'Raan, are speaking the official language of Council space and a language that Shepard is fluent in.

Well thats good enough for me.

[RZIBARA]

Because it's a video game, and making half the characters speaking a different language and having to be translated through subtitles would be stupid.

Seriously though, its not hard to understand.

[Steelcan]

I expect that there is a langua franca for Citadel space, likely a pidgin Salarian-Asari language, however I imagine that English and whatever turians speak (Turianese) are widely recognized. Perhaps even some more prominent krogan languages given their prevalence historically.

With humanity's increasing importance in the galaxy its reasonable that more and more aliens would speak English. And several characters like Garrus (a cop) would likely need at least some familiarity with it, others would be Samara (she studied humanity), Mordin might just learn it because he could, Grunt might have it as part of his "training" (unlikely but possible), Javik speaks it, Thane might have passing familiarity because of his interest in learning, Liara would likely learn it either traditonally after melding with Shepard or through melding itself(if this is possible asari would be able to learn it very quickly).

Modifié par Steelcan, 23 septembre 2013 - 08:33 .

[Malanek]

Simplicity. Allows the story to focus on more interesting things. Translators are not unrealistic at that level of technology although the fact they all have distinct voices and mannerisms flow through is a little odd. But really minor quibble.

[AlexMBrennan]

Because it's a video game, and making half the characters speaking a different language and having to be translated through subtitles would be stupid.

Isn't that what Star Wars did? And LotR?

[Wulfram]

AlexMBrennan wrote...

Because it's a video game, and making half the characters speaking a different language and having to be translated through subtitles would be stupid.

Isn't that what Star Wars did? And LotR?

Well, none of the major characters spoke in a different language very much.

Except Chewbacca maybe.  But Liara isn't exactly fulfilling the same role in the plot as him.

[Zakuspec089]

Are you Anti-English, if you set it to another language, they be speaking that language. I'm English and American, it like your generalizing a language and a group of people in some ways.

[SilJeff]

The codex is your friend

[DrBlingzle]

Zakuspec089 wrote...

Are you Anti-English, if you set it to another language, they be speaking that language. I'm English and American, it like your generalizing a language and a group of people in some ways.

Good point. Sorry about that.

[rashie]

Its a loophole where lore bends to gameplay, its to make it easier on the player when dealing with aliens, i much prefer this rather then them actually speaking their own language and getting subtitles like in Kotor.

[DadeLeviathan]

 masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Codex/UPDATE:_Bring_Down_the_Sky

That's why. They're not speaking English, they're speaking their own language, and their translators are converting them to the listener's language in real time. 

[F72Voyager]

There's a codex entry in ME that explains a "universal translator" that "allow[s] anyone with a few hundred credits of equipment to enjoy seamless real-time translation of alien languages, courtesy of handheld PDAs, computers in clothing or jewelry, or sub-dermal implants". I would suspect that Shepard has a sub-dermal implant as the other options would be rather bothersome to be carried around all the time.

[Fultic]

Obviously we're talking about a universal translator here. Its pretty much implied that such a technology exists.
Wouldn't be that hard in such a future, with all those languages being catalogued already it would be a simple matter to add in human languages.

Of course, in the end, who cares? You can understand them and don't have to listen to "oo bodo gogo gok tick mack" constantly like you did in KOTOR.

Liz Sroka (Tali) puts on a wonderful accent for her character though. It sounds to me like a cross between an arabic and russian/eastern european accent.

[RZIBARA]

AlexMBrennan wrote...

Because it's a video game, and making half the characters speaking a different language and having to be translated through subtitles would be stupid.

Isn't that what Star Wars did? And LotR?

Yes, but with the amount of aliens that talk in the ME games, it wouldnt work well at all. 

and those things only occured once in each series.

LOTR - Elves at helms deep (almost 100% it wasnt anywhere else)
SW - EP1 (Anakin) and EP2

[eyezonlyii]

@RZIBARA

WAAAAAAAAAAY off topic, i was never the biggest Ashley fan but I'm loving your gif

[ThatBigStupidJellyfish]

Because, English is the only language, they are developed and do not have any pansy languages.

murican english