![]() If this was true, would it make sense for the Chinese to use their ancient written language more instead of using the much abstracted modern one?ģ) Learning different languages can help world peace. ![]() The aliens wrote back in the form of circles. When the translator realised that she couldn't make sense of the noise that the aliens made, she decided to use a white board and wrote on it, "human", and pointed to herself. This makes me smile, consider how translators are usually perceived in society and how humbly we live.Ģ) Written language is much easier to understand than verbal ones. She was not only used as a tool to communicate, making humans understand extraterrestrial beings (commonly called "aliens" because of the human nature of the fear of the unknown), she was also instrumental in stopping a war that could have led to the total destruction of humans on Earth and it wasn't even the alien's fault because they were only here to seek help and not to alienate the humans, according to the movie. For me, I found the movie fascinating from the point of view of a translator.ġ) The translator was the most important role in the whole story. Those who love science fiction would be happy to know that time travel is taking a different form in this one. Those who are visual would be happy to know that it is a beautifully made movie. After a lot of effort to learn the alien language, the translator help stopped a major war from acting on the information that she accessed in the future through time travel. ![]() The story line seemed simple: the US military asked a translator to communicate with the aliens on one of the 12 UFOs that suddenly arrived on Earth, to understand where they came from and what their intentions were. ![]()
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