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[aoibhealfae]

I could understand the pain though. It was like watching Star Wars and expecting real-time subtitles when the aliens and the droids starts to speak because you're used to reading the translated dialogues in SWTOR. 

 

I reckoned every aliens you met are talking in their own languages. Certain species like Asari, Salarian, Krogan, Volus and Elcor are all talking in a standard galactic while I felt the translators was hard at work with Turian, Quarians, Hanar, Drell, Vorcha, Batarians... hence the obvious synth-modulated voices.

[Nicholas_]

Because it makes things easier for the dev team.

[StarcloudSWG]

Elcor are also speaking through a mechanical translator. Much of their language is non-verbal. That's why they all sound the same: they are using the same model of translation device.

[UpUpAway95]

So why doesn't the translator translate when James is flirting with Ashley in the Citadel DLC?

[StarcloudSWG]

Because it's not programmed to translate all human languages to english.

[Draining Dragon]

British colonialism.

Obviously.

Spoiler

Actually it's because of translators.

[UpUpAway95]

Because it's not programmed to translate all human languages to english.

 

It should though, since I assume, say, Garrus' translator would translate all human languages into Turian for him.  I would have liked there to have heard more different human languages being overheard with the subtitles (if turned on) being presented in English (or whatever language the player was playing the game in)... beyond the couple of token Spanish words uttered by James.

[Mistic]

It should though, since I assume, say, Garrus' translator would translate all human languages into Turian for him.

 

That sentence makes me think: do Turians have different languages too? And the Asari? The Salarians?

[Treacherous J Slither]

That sentence makes me think: do Turians have different languages too? And the Asari? The Salarians?

Of course they do.

They probably have more given how widespread they are throughout their areas of space on various planets and such.

We only had one planet and look how diverse we are. Imagine what would happen if we spanned multiple star systems for thousands of years like they have.