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Re:A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (1992) by hnmullany on Sunday October 03, 2021 @06:02PM (#28740879)
The protagonist is a synthesist - whose sole job is to translate the incomprehensible in-language of the augmented scientists to mission control
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Re:A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (1992) by maxerickson on Sunday October 03, 2021 @06:37PM (#28741141)
They speak sensible english.
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Re:A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (1992) by inkblotuniverse on Sunday October 03, 2021 @09:20PM (#28742031)
It's mentioned that they're actually speaking a creole that's been translated and simplified to english for the (baseline) reader.
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