TNG s5e2 “Darmok”
Original dialogue, for all the good it does:
PICARD: Hail the Tamarian ship.
WORF: Aye, Captain.
TAMARIAN [on viewscreen]: Zinda! His face black, his eyes red
PICARD: Temarc! The river Temarc in winter.
TAMARIAN [on viewscreen]: Darmok?
PICARD: And Jalad. At Tanagra. Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.
TAMARIAN [on viewscreen]: Sokath, his eyes open!
PICARD: The beast at Tanagra. Uzani, his army. Shaka when the walls fell. (Picard holds up Dathon’s journal, and the Tamarians beam it away.)
TAMARIAN [on viewscreen]: Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel. Mirab, with sails unfurled.
PICARD: (holds out the dagger) Temba, his arms open.
TAMARIAN [on viewscreen]: Temba at rest.
I think I might need to brush up on my Tamarian
Lemmings, when the universal translator fails.
TNG predicted meme language.
Weirdly, I think I understood this
Scotty. In the right place.
Reminds me of the talking in code scene from The Magicians.
Also Ocean’s 12
