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Star Trek: The Next Generation - "Darmok": Explanation of Tamarian Language Video
Watch this short clip from the hit TV show Star Trek: Next Generation. It's from an episode called "Darmok", in which the crew of the Enterprise encounters an alien race, the Tamarians. Then choose the most appropriate answer for each of the following questions. But first, here's the set-up: The ship's universal translator translates the aliens' speech into English, but the two races still cannot communicate. That failure to make meaning with one another may lead to war.