Picard pwns Klingons

[Davis4037]

for a second there, i thought i saw a mupet pop between picard and the Klingon he is talking to

[hotgirlsarehot]

Picard called the Klingon a "smelly c*nt".

[Idazmi7]

@hotgirlsarehot Nope. Whatever it was, it was far more tactful, and probably from Klingon lore.

Not inane stupidity from a random person on the internet.

[pinoi78]

6 people have been PWNED in Klingon before.

[Xerxes2005]

He does not have Klingon blood, but he's French. He must have said something like : "Bordel, répète ça pour voir, sale fils de pute!" Of course, if he was French Canadian he would have said : "Tabarnac! Tu m'le r'diras pas deux fois, ostie d'mange-marde!" Which is a little more colourful and Klingon-like.

[liamsp544]

@Xerxes2005 Cool story bro

[HUDJ0679790]

@Xerxes2005 Je soupçonne la présence d'un canadien français derrière ce profil hehehe.

[Xerxes2005]

@HUDJ0679790 On peut rien te cacher...

[StevXtreme]

I'm 22 and I've started watching Star Trek TNG a couple of months ago. I can't get enough of it. It's like the ultimate series for philosophers and universe enthusiasts.

[Vesnicie]

0:30 All I can think is, "My, how much softer our dear Picard's skull looks compared to that big bumpy Klingon!"

[WebVManReturns]

I would have said "DOH RAY ME!!!" Of course, I don't speak Klingon.

[boundaryzero]

Notice Picard didnt blink during the time he started walking forwards to the time the scene cut.

[bradwolf07]

Tar-kek? OH NO HE DIDN'T!

[sweiland75]

Does anyone know what he says?

[juiceweaselism]

For a moment... just a tiny moment... I thought he'd go...

FUS RO DAH!

[LughTube1]

translation: Your momma swims towards pakled troopships

[bobbyewing311]

"You must have klingon blood in your veins."

"No, just the hairline of one."

[Atem2000]

im a sorta trekkie but i was told he does speka klingon. i wonder what hes saying...

[screwdigitaldish]

picard told his ass

[ryno123321]

0:24 to 0:31 is epic.... all calm then yells

[piratebri]

Picard > Q >Borg > Klingons > Romulans > Ferengi

Picard has overcome every adversary.

But Data impersonating Picard's voice > Picard lol...

[SpaceMasterRahel]

@piratebri Agreed!! XD

[bobbyewing311]

@piratebri hahaha oh yeah I remember when he took control of the ship and owned everyone.

[JackWProductions]

@piratebri Don't forget about the Cardassians ;)

[Startmenu4]

Universal translators make my brain hurt.

[HarPlayer]

don't remember this ep.

[Starwarzium]

I'm wondering what exactly Picard gets called and what he retorts with.

[Kazuo1G]

@Starwarzium My thoughts exactly. :D

[ryno123321]

i love how he walks so calmly and then screams out some stuff its funny

[oprescuflorin]

i am voting down the twilight comment just to get rid of it. you do the same pls. do not vote up as the twilight is mention on this comment also.

[rstryker27]

So can we assume that the universal translators don't translate curse words?

[AngryChamois]

@rstryker27 They translate most common swears, but klingons can get VERY creative.

[jmm1233]

The swearing gives the babelfish an upset stomach 

[Charmolution]

"You swear well, Picard."

"Fuck you."

[StarTrekMarco]

@Charmolution

Do I smell a bit of a TNG Recut there? ;)

[YesWeCantaloupe]

Okay, so let me get this straight: everyone in Star Trek has a universal translator so they all appear to speak the same language. So when Klingons speak English they are really speaking Klingon. So WTF are they speaking when they speak Klingon??

[TheAtomicagent]

@YesWeCantaloupe Translators are probably only used for ship to ship comms, and they speak the actual language in person. English, because then you don't need to caption a bunch of Klingon lines.

[CrackingPearPrd]

@YesWeCantaloupe Welsh.

[theiran]

@YesWeCantaloupe The universal translators are mostly ship based. They rarely carry one with them except on diplomatic missions.

[Draknfyre]

@theiran

Universal translators are built into their Combadges. That's how they can understand alien races without holding up a device. How exactly it works isn't explained. A theory is it takes the sound waves, translates the language, then plays it back for them on a frequency only they can hear (this is actually possible today, directed sound waves.)

But in cases like this, it was left out for the scene intentionally. of course.

[OktoberSunset]

@Draknfyre It can't be in their combadges, cos it totally still works in all the episodes where they loose the combadges. I don't think they even have a universal translator, they just stuck some babelfish in their ears.

[Draknfyre]

@OktoberSunset

It's specifically described in the TNG Technical Manual, so yes, that's where it's at. The instances where they don't have them is just so they don't have to spend an hour explaining how they figured out the language.

Now Ferengi, they have a universal translator in their ear. The episode "Little Green Men" showed them having to reset it.

[Chromevod]

@Draknfyre Well I'd wager that Starfleet officers can probably speak Klingon/Romulan or the language of any major power in the quadrant. Diplomacy is a huge part of their job, it would make sense that they should know how to keep negotiations open in case of system failure. I mean, look at DS9, the systems are Cardassian, yet they seem to be able to read information from them without too much difficulty.

[Draknfyre]

@Chromevod

The computers are reprogrammed into English. The voice is changed to the standard Starfleet voice. There's even an episode where an old Cardassian virus is triggered, and the computer starts targetting non-Cardassians for attack.

Yes, there are plenty of scenes where they demonstrate alien languages, and of course they would know some, but the universal translator stands as the excuse why they seem to be able to understand everybody. Just like Gene Roddenberry invented

[Draknfyre]

@Chromevod

The transporter to save money and time on doing shuttle shots every week, the Universal Translator lets them do an episode without explaining each time how they know the language.

[Laconic913]

0:37 "No, but I'm going to have it on my shoes if you don't GTFO of my face."

[someguyhunter]

@Laconic913 LoL

[knightryderrwn]

@Laconic913,

ROTFLMFAO!! That's great!! (And probably *EXACTLY* what Picard was thinking at that moment!) :) 

[TheQwert1993]

lol riker just looks at picard thinking you know what to do 0:16

[rocketman544]

@TheQwert1993 I felt it was a combination of that and "you're not going to take that from HIM, are you?"

[6895Anna]

That Klingon has a star on his forehead!

[gtobandit1]

what episode is this??

[saber6a]

@gtobandit1 mind's eye

[kittykatBflat]

that was hawt

[Henners1991]

If Starfleet officers wear universal translators, why is it selectively-translating?

[szeddezs]

@Henners1991

because it's only a tv show ;)

[Martintheauthor]

@Henners1991 So they could get stuff past the censors. Like the Mandarin in Firefly.

[Henners1991]

@Martintheauthor Just have him say 'villainous rogue'... Klingons would be a helluva lot cooler if they used Georgian slam-downs.

[lordpoee]

@Henners1991 There are a variety of Klingon Swears which are not translated. Also, Klingons know human languages, so this conversation may have been in English rather than Klingon.

[EuropaPhoenix]

Picard talks Klingon a lot better than he does French...

[N3RDYG0GGLES]

Christ, how can any non-klingon speak so fast? O_O I could barely make out what he was saying

[dslguy2008]

@StigRossi

Trust the Romulans to mispronounce Klingon swear words. I believe he intended to say toDSaH.

To quote Mark Okrand again, "This is something a Klingon might call another if they weren't on the BEST of terms."

[dslguy2008]

For those wanting translations, there aren't any. The idea is that Klingon swear words are too vulgar to express in our language. However, Mark Okrand tells us when to use them.

taHqeq - "This is a classic Klingon insult. If you use this one, stand back!"

Qu'vatlh - "This is something you would use in times of extreme anger."

ghuy'cha' - "A Klingon might use this after receiving an unsettling communique. It's a lot stronger than the terran, 'Darn it'"

baQa - an expletive.

[StigRossi]

@dslguy2008

Would you mind translating "TolZah" for me? It was in the episode the Defector

[dslguy2008]

@Amar7605: Actually, compared to real world languages, Klingon is fairly simple.

However, Mark Okrand wasn't present on the set of the show, so Patrick Stewart BADLY mispronounced most of it.

[dazlovescarter]

wat episode is this from i dont remember it?

[davidd2172]

translation...I'll have Five Big Macs!"

[Amar7605]

0:28 - 0:30 Patrick Stewart is thinking "Years of Shakespeare acting and training just to speak Klingon???"

[StigRossi]

@Amar7605

"JUST" to speak Klingon? JUST to speak Klingon??? Excuse me but I think only a proper actor should be speaking it. Would you really want a zombie like Scarlett Johansen or Ryan Reynolds or Ashton Kutcher to be speaking it?! Its impressive that Stewart can speak a language with those "kkgh" sounds with such authority and confidence!

[Amar7605]

@StigRossi Klingon is a difficult language to master, and I definitely apprieciate any actor who can speak it with authority like Patrick Stewart. What I was saying was that since Mr. Stewart is a trained classical Shakesperian actor, I was thinking that he would see speaking Klingon as beneath him. Of course, he is a professional and I do not know what he thinks!

[terrywest111]

@Amar7605 I think Patrick Stewart is a great actor with a great affection for Star Trek. I mean this was HIS show... why would he feel it beneath him to speak a little Klingon to make a cool episode?

[r0ckt3hc4sb4h]

I love how Riker turns to Picard to see what his next move is going to be.

[Charmolution]

"You swear well, Picard..."

"Fuck you."

[douro20]

He's lucky that Picard didn't call him a p'taq...the ultimate Klingon insult in my opinion is to be called a coward in front of your comrades.

[Amar7605]

Does anyone know what Vagh and Picard said?

[r0ckt3hc4sb4h]

@Amar7605 And you speak the lies of a taHqeq! [No direct translation. An epithet/invective/insult/etc.]

Vagh ghuy'cha' baQa'! [Vagh: adressing Governer Vagh. ghuy'cha': again, no direct translation. Expletive, usually used when things start going wrong. baQa': General invective.]

[mushroomshrub]

@Sondano

Yes but wouldn't it be better learning a language you could actually use? When most people think of Trekkies they think of middle aged computer nerds who sit wholed up in a dark rooms all day doing math problems for the fun of it AND are fluent in klingon. I am none of these things but I love star trek and would consider myself a Trekkie. However it is just a show really and it is not worth twilight-level obsession.

[xXColSandersXx]

@mushroomshrub

WTF MAKES TWILIGHT BETTER THAN STAR TREK? If anything, star trek is worth "twilight-level obsession" 10 times over twilight.

[rbdzntsfrlk]

@xXColSandersXx Which it has 10 times the number! xD

[TheAtheistFuture]

@xXColSandersXx i'm wracking my brain trying to figure out how twilight even got mentioned here!

[Ceberuss]

@TheAtheistFuture Yeah, me too. I was so curious, that I actually read all comments and found the source in a hidden comment (it's hidden because of too many thumbs down - surprise, surprise).

[Sirien0neiriS]

@xXColSandersXx Some teenagers want discoball instead of main character and don't want to be forced to think about intelligent story based on plot which is more complicated than "I'm stupid girl (so you, viewer, can identify with me easily) which can not decide which one I want to have between my legs - discoballic metrosexual or tough dumb muscular sport-guy?" - that's why Twilight wins over Star Trek.

[Orion13622]

@Sirien0neiriS Gee, speaking on the terms of the "Young girl wants between her legs" idea, to carry your metaphore one step further, which is better..> Team Edward, or Team Jacob (Both Pretty boys, both supposed bad asses, both ignorant as fuck). Granted, neither story is real, truth be told, Star Trek is more intellectual, than "super powers"...look deeper into the storylines...rather than who's a better fuck.

[TJSerabian]

@xXColSandersXx To answer your questions, NOTHING!!!

[oxidation420]

@xXColSandersXx Fortunately, that IS the case XD

[OzAndWillow45]

@xXColSandersXx OMG IM TOO LAZY TO SEE WHAT THEY WROTE WHO THINKS THAT AHHHHH THat there just hurts my eyes that someone said Twilight was better

[mushroomshrub]

@thumbzscrewz

Those are the people who give us Trekkies a bad name.

[sondano]

@mushroomshrub why? it's fucking better than 99% of languages on Earth. And you know those too were created by humans

[mcshockl]

YES

[Selinja]

Just the scene I was looking for :) Thanks for uploading!

[FearlessSon]

I always love it when Picard negotiates. Patrick Stewart has a way of making verbal conflict resolution sound absolutely badassed. :)

[gunblade64]

@FearlessSon It's because when Picard goes for it, you KNOW something's up.

Unlike with Benjamin for instance. He does it all of the time.

[Restayvien]

@FearlessSon "Shall we die together?" =)

[thumbzscrewz]

Why would they? Especially since Klingon is an actual dialect. .... yes.... some people actually got together and made it into a real language.

[Dukeboy187]

Do you think the actors feel ridiculous when they have to do scenes like this?