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human
[ST] How can anyone speak another language with the UT translating?

for example, the characters like to show off that they can speak Klingon, especially when speaking *to* Klingons, but didn't the universal translator have them hearing klingon the whole time?
gpt
They can turn it off to show another race that they have spent the time to learn their language. This is a huge mark of respect in a time where such a thing is unnecessary. It's the difference between buying someone a car and giving someone one that you built from scratch.

I can't remember the race off-hand but there was one time where the Enterprise D was on a mission and it was very important that Picard greet the alien race in their own language with perfect inflections and pronunciations or it would have been a huge diplomatic *faux pas*.