linguacode: To make the translator Bing’s contacted and worked with linguistics Ph. D. Marc Okrand who helped to develop the Klingon language for the original Star Trek motion picture series. It also worked with a group of ten fluent Klingon speakers as well as the Klingon Language Institute to help test and adjust the translator. While the translator has trouble with some languages, like Spanish and Italian, it is still a big step for the Klingon and Star Trek. “There have been dictionary efforts with Klingon, there hasn’t been a true translation service with full grammatical structure until now,” said Wallaert. In addition to benefiting Trek fans Wallaert is confident the experience will come in handy for similar future efforts. “This is a geeky thing for us to do, but it’s also a fun challenge of our own teams to enhance translations and work with a language with a distinctive pattern.” (via The Escapist : News : Bing Translator Adds Klingon to Its Language List)

To make the translator Bing’s contacted and worked with linguistics Ph. D. Marc Okrand who helped to develop the Klingon language for the original Star Trek motion picture series. It also worked with a group of ten fluent Klingon speakers as well as the Klingon Language Institute to help test and adjust the translator. While the translator has trouble with some languages, like Spanish and Italian, it is still a big step for the Klingon and Star Trek. “There have been dictionary efforts with Klingon, there hasn’t been a true translation service with full grammatical structure until now,” said Wallaert. In addition to benefiting Trek fans Wallaert is confident the experience will come in handy for similar future efforts. “This is a geeky thing for us to do, but it’s also a fun challenge of our own teams to enhance translations and work with a language with a distinctive pattern.” (via The Escapist : News : Bing Translator Adds Klingon to Its Language List)