#translation microbes

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

‘If this is ancient Greece, why are all the signs in English?’

‘The BOOTH automatically translates everything for you.’

‘And, what happens if I speak Greek? Like, “souvlaki”?’

‘Please don’t, it will only confuse the locals. Plus, souvlaki hasn’t been invented yet. It’d come off as gibberish.’

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

Would it make sense if the BOOTH’s translation abilities

could be simply switched off like a light?

‘So, they speak English here?’

‘Oh, no, no. They speak some blend of a bunch of Earth languages, some of which don’t exist yet in your time.’

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

There are rare times when the Inspector doesn’t recognise and is unable to translate any language,

because he/she is so well versed in all languages (both written and oral) that he/she doesn’t usually rely on a translator.