What does UT stand for?

UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR The reason every alien species on Star Trek spoke perfect English was a device called the Universal Translator.

Everyone in Star Trek uses a universal translator anyway, which instantly translates any language, alien or otherwise.

The Web site also includes other helpful materials such as a universal translator to help with commercial terms soldiers may not be familiar with, and workforce readiness packages, which describe how each action was done under the old system and how it will be done under DIMHRS.

He showed a few current wondrous gadgets, such as a "phraselator," similar to "Star Trek's" universal translator, meant for military use (when it works properly); and a program that can chart and illustrate hand-written equations and rudimentary drawings.

In an effort to evaluate the utility and applicability of the devices for criminal justice professionals, the National Institute of Justice teamed with NAVAIR ORL Training Systems Division to evaluate three devices that recognize simple voice commands and translates them into another language: the Phraselator, the Voice Response Translator (VRT) and the Universal Translator UT-103.

In the current pre-original Star Trek series Enterprise (set circa 2150), the characters use an early version of the Universal Translator and a human linguistics expert to communicate, and even then it's a struggle to get the translation right.

iway Software's approach involves XML, Web services, and intelligent adapters, which provide a universal translator between applications that don't require all of the infrastructure usually included in integration broker suites.

They solved the communication problem by having microbes that act as universal translators injected into Crichton.