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Subject: How can elites talk like humans when they got huge mandibles?
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It's the translators you have. We really speak in our own language

  • 12.18.2012 7:51 AM PDT


Posted by: BleeBlopBloop75
in the books they have a hard time pronouncing some sounds

i.e.:

-ips(Phillips), they pronounce it -iss(Philliss)
Thats only when they try to speak english, but 99.99% they use a tranlater.

  • 12.18.2012 7:52 AM PDT

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In one of the Spartan Ops episodes an elite starts talking in sangheili to a human, the human then says "I told you I can't speak that language" and then the elite speaks in English. Although I know most of you don't consider Halo 4 to be canon anyway.

  • 12.18.2012 7:53 AM PDT


Posted by: EuAn1196
In one of the Spartan Ops episodes an elite starts talking in sangheili to a human, the human then says "I told you I can't speak that language" and then the elite speaks in English. Although I know most of you don't consider Halo 4 to be canon anyway.
Dude...its god damn translaters...elites do not speak english...

  • 12.18.2012 7:55 AM PDT

Well thanks. You guys answered alot of questions for me.

  • 12.18.2012 7:56 AM PDT

I know my ways. So just stay back.

Probably has something to do with his vocal cords.

  • 12.18.2012 8:01 AM PDT


Posted by: BerzerkCommando
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I always thought Cortana was translating for the Chief rather than the Covenant actually speaking English.

So the answer would be they can't.

In the novels it said something about the Covenant speaking English as a universal language. They're using it as a universal language so the member races can understand each other. Which means the Elites have to be speaking it somehow without a translator.
Dude mang...I want the name of the book...I think I would have bloody noticed this...

  • 12.18.2012 8:01 AM PDT

Its a fictional universe

  • 12.18.2012 8:53 AM PDT

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Usually you just hear a translation made by Cortana. When Elites really speak english they have a heavy accent and have difficulty pronouncing certain sounds, saying Phyllis instead of Philips for example.

[Edited on 12.18.2012 9:05 AM PST]

  • 12.18.2012 9:02 AM PDT

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Posted by: Chester Duncan

Posted by: EuAn1196
In one of the Spartan Ops episodes an elite starts talking in sangheili to a human, the human then says "I told you I can't speak that language" and then the elite speaks in English. Although I know most of you don't consider Halo 4 to be canon anyway.
Dude...its god damn translaters...elites do not speak english...
Jul speaks heavily broken English picked up from when he was in ONI custody. He was actually speaking English to Glassman, but usually when you hear Elites speaking English it's a translation.

  • 12.18.2012 9:04 AM PDT

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