# Jean Luc Picard--how is he viewed in France?

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> Actually, we don’t know that they’re speaking English. Even if they were, their English would be different than our English. (Contrast modern English with that of the 17th Century, or the King James Bible/Shakespearian English depending on which point in the ST timeline you’re talking about). It’s “translated” to our archaic language so we can understand it.

Kinda like this? 😁  
[![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/period_speech.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/period_speech.png)  
from **[xkcd: Period Speech](https://xkcd.com/771/)**.

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