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We've seen more than a few MCU characters visit Earth (or people from Earth talking with MCU characters off-Earth), but no one has (to my memory) had language issues.



When Thor first visits Earth, he has no problems in communication (culture shock, yes, but not communication). Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel makes a passing mention of a "Universal Translator", but I feel that this is humour rather than fact-based since I don't recall any other character make mention of this.



I don't believe that Tony Stark has invented a translation device because he may have mentioned it a few times.



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    Simple google search: quora.com/Why-does-everyone-in-the-MCU-speak-English

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  • Because if they had to address the language issue with every single movie then you would have over a dozen movies which spend more than half their time addressing an issue which is not essential to the plot. You would have a dozen Arrival (2016) movies

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  • I don't think Carol Danvers's mention of a translator was meant to be a joke, even if it was during a humorous scene. Also, humans probably don't need a translator if aliens already have them.

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We've seen more than a few MCU characters visit Earth (or people from Earth talking with MCU characters off-Earth), but no one has (to my memory) had language issues.



When Thor first visits Earth, he has no problems in communication (culture shock, yes, but not communication). Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel makes a passing mention of a "Universal Translator", but I feel that this is humour rather than fact-based since I don't recall any other character make mention of this.



I don't believe that Tony Stark has invented a translation device because he may have mentioned it a few times.



Is the language issue explained, or is it simply ignored?










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    Simple google search: quora.com/Why-does-everyone-in-the-MCU-speak-English

    – Gustavo Gabriel
    11 hours ago











  • Because if they had to address the language issue with every single movie then you would have over a dozen movies which spend more than half their time addressing an issue which is not essential to the plot. You would have a dozen Arrival (2016) movies

    – MonkeyZeus
    6 hours ago












  • I don't think Carol Danvers's mention of a translator was meant to be a joke, even if it was during a humorous scene. Also, humans probably don't need a translator if aliens already have them.

    – Kodos Johnson
    4 hours ago














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We've seen more than a few MCU characters visit Earth (or people from Earth talking with MCU characters off-Earth), but no one has (to my memory) had language issues.



When Thor first visits Earth, he has no problems in communication (culture shock, yes, but not communication). Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel makes a passing mention of a "Universal Translator", but I feel that this is humour rather than fact-based since I don't recall any other character make mention of this.



I don't believe that Tony Stark has invented a translation device because he may have mentioned it a few times.



Is the language issue explained, or is it simply ignored?










share|improve this question














We've seen more than a few MCU characters visit Earth (or people from Earth talking with MCU characters off-Earth), but no one has (to my memory) had language issues.



When Thor first visits Earth, he has no problems in communication (culture shock, yes, but not communication). Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel makes a passing mention of a "Universal Translator", but I feel that this is humour rather than fact-based since I don't recall any other character make mention of this.



I don't believe that Tony Stark has invented a translation device because he may have mentioned it a few times.



Is the language issue explained, or is it simply ignored?







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    Simple google search: quora.com/Why-does-everyone-in-the-MCU-speak-English

    – Gustavo Gabriel
    11 hours ago











  • Because if they had to address the language issue with every single movie then you would have over a dozen movies which spend more than half their time addressing an issue which is not essential to the plot. You would have a dozen Arrival (2016) movies

    – MonkeyZeus
    6 hours ago












  • I don't think Carol Danvers's mention of a translator was meant to be a joke, even if it was during a humorous scene. Also, humans probably don't need a translator if aliens already have them.

    – Kodos Johnson
    4 hours ago













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    Simple google search: quora.com/Why-does-everyone-in-the-MCU-speak-English

    – Gustavo Gabriel
    11 hours ago











  • Because if they had to address the language issue with every single movie then you would have over a dozen movies which spend more than half their time addressing an issue which is not essential to the plot. You would have a dozen Arrival (2016) movies

    – MonkeyZeus
    6 hours ago












  • I don't think Carol Danvers's mention of a translator was meant to be a joke, even if it was during a humorous scene. Also, humans probably don't need a translator if aliens already have them.

    – Kodos Johnson
    4 hours ago








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Simple google search: quora.com/Why-does-everyone-in-the-MCU-speak-English

– Gustavo Gabriel
11 hours ago





Simple google search: quora.com/Why-does-everyone-in-the-MCU-speak-English

– Gustavo Gabriel
11 hours ago













Because if they had to address the language issue with every single movie then you would have over a dozen movies which spend more than half their time addressing an issue which is not essential to the plot. You would have a dozen Arrival (2016) movies

– MonkeyZeus
6 hours ago






Because if they had to address the language issue with every single movie then you would have over a dozen movies which spend more than half their time addressing an issue which is not essential to the plot. You would have a dozen Arrival (2016) movies

– MonkeyZeus
6 hours ago














I don't think Carol Danvers's mention of a translator was meant to be a joke, even if it was during a humorous scene. Also, humans probably don't need a translator if aliens already have them.

– Kodos Johnson
4 hours ago






I don't think Carol Danvers's mention of a translator was meant to be a joke, even if it was during a humorous scene. Also, humans probably don't need a translator if aliens already have them.

– Kodos Johnson
4 hours ago











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It is mostly hand-waving, but they actually do make references to universal translators. For example, Peter Quill is noted to have a universal translator implanted in his neck.



An image from GoTG that shows enhancements of Peter Quill



They seem to be common. They would almost be a necessity in a society where people can fly from one planet to another with such ease.



For Asgardians, they probably use something similar as "magic and technology are one and the same" to them.



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As Rarst pointed out in the comments, in the comics Asgardians have something called All-Tongue or All-Speak. This language gets translated to the native language of whoever hears it. This could be just another name for the "universal translator".



As far as I know, they don't mention All-Tongue in the movies, but they presumably have it.






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  • Asgardian thing is supposedly AllSpeak, which is everyone understands them as if native language, see scifi.stackexchange.com/a/64131/41308

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  • An explicit reference to a universal translator used by the Kree is made in Captain Marvel. This could easily be a common tech.

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  • All-Speak would not lip sync though.

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    @Almo Presumably any real universal translator would have to work on some psychic level. You can handwave that as also editing mouth actions to match.

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It is mostly hand-waving, but they actually do make references to universal translators. For example, Peter Quill is noted to have a universal translator implanted in his neck.



An image from GoTG that shows enhancements of Peter Quill



They seem to be common. They would almost be a necessity in a society where people can fly from one planet to another with such ease.



For Asgardians, they probably use something similar as "magic and technology are one and the same" to them.



EDIT



As Rarst pointed out in the comments, in the comics Asgardians have something called All-Tongue or All-Speak. This language gets translated to the native language of whoever hears it. This could be just another name for the "universal translator".



As far as I know, they don't mention All-Tongue in the movies, but they presumably have it.






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  • Asgardian thing is supposedly AllSpeak, which is everyone understands them as if native language, see scifi.stackexchange.com/a/64131/41308

    – Rarst
    8 hours ago












  • An explicit reference to a universal translator used by the Kree is made in Captain Marvel. This could easily be a common tech.

    – NetworkLlama
    6 hours ago











  • All-Speak would not lip sync though.

    – Almo
    5 hours ago






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    @Almo Presumably any real universal translator would have to work on some psychic level. You can handwave that as also editing mouth actions to match.

    – Azor Ahai
    4 hours ago















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It is mostly hand-waving, but they actually do make references to universal translators. For example, Peter Quill is noted to have a universal translator implanted in his neck.



An image from GoTG that shows enhancements of Peter Quill



They seem to be common. They would almost be a necessity in a society where people can fly from one planet to another with such ease.



For Asgardians, they probably use something similar as "magic and technology are one and the same" to them.



EDIT



As Rarst pointed out in the comments, in the comics Asgardians have something called All-Tongue or All-Speak. This language gets translated to the native language of whoever hears it. This could be just another name for the "universal translator".



As far as I know, they don't mention All-Tongue in the movies, but they presumably have it.






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  • Asgardian thing is supposedly AllSpeak, which is everyone understands them as if native language, see scifi.stackexchange.com/a/64131/41308

    – Rarst
    8 hours ago












  • An explicit reference to a universal translator used by the Kree is made in Captain Marvel. This could easily be a common tech.

    – NetworkLlama
    6 hours ago











  • All-Speak would not lip sync though.

    – Almo
    5 hours ago






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    @Almo Presumably any real universal translator would have to work on some psychic level. You can handwave that as also editing mouth actions to match.

    – Azor Ahai
    4 hours ago













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It is mostly hand-waving, but they actually do make references to universal translators. For example, Peter Quill is noted to have a universal translator implanted in his neck.



An image from GoTG that shows enhancements of Peter Quill



They seem to be common. They would almost be a necessity in a society where people can fly from one planet to another with such ease.



For Asgardians, they probably use something similar as "magic and technology are one and the same" to them.



EDIT



As Rarst pointed out in the comments, in the comics Asgardians have something called All-Tongue or All-Speak. This language gets translated to the native language of whoever hears it. This could be just another name for the "universal translator".



As far as I know, they don't mention All-Tongue in the movies, but they presumably have it.






share|improve this answer















It is mostly hand-waving, but they actually do make references to universal translators. For example, Peter Quill is noted to have a universal translator implanted in his neck.



An image from GoTG that shows enhancements of Peter Quill



They seem to be common. They would almost be a necessity in a society where people can fly from one planet to another with such ease.



For Asgardians, they probably use something similar as "magic and technology are one and the same" to them.



EDIT



As Rarst pointed out in the comments, in the comics Asgardians have something called All-Tongue or All-Speak. This language gets translated to the native language of whoever hears it. This could be just another name for the "universal translator".



As far as I know, they don't mention All-Tongue in the movies, but they presumably have it.







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  • Asgardian thing is supposedly AllSpeak, which is everyone understands them as if native language, see scifi.stackexchange.com/a/64131/41308

    – Rarst
    8 hours ago












  • An explicit reference to a universal translator used by the Kree is made in Captain Marvel. This could easily be a common tech.

    – NetworkLlama
    6 hours ago











  • All-Speak would not lip sync though.

    – Almo
    5 hours ago






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    @Almo Presumably any real universal translator would have to work on some psychic level. You can handwave that as also editing mouth actions to match.

    – Azor Ahai
    4 hours ago

















  • Asgardian thing is supposedly AllSpeak, which is everyone understands them as if native language, see scifi.stackexchange.com/a/64131/41308

    – Rarst
    8 hours ago












  • An explicit reference to a universal translator used by the Kree is made in Captain Marvel. This could easily be a common tech.

    – NetworkLlama
    6 hours ago











  • All-Speak would not lip sync though.

    – Almo
    5 hours ago






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    @Almo Presumably any real universal translator would have to work on some psychic level. You can handwave that as also editing mouth actions to match.

    – Azor Ahai
    4 hours ago
















Asgardian thing is supposedly AllSpeak, which is everyone understands them as if native language, see scifi.stackexchange.com/a/64131/41308

– Rarst
8 hours ago






Asgardian thing is supposedly AllSpeak, which is everyone understands them as if native language, see scifi.stackexchange.com/a/64131/41308

– Rarst
8 hours ago














An explicit reference to a universal translator used by the Kree is made in Captain Marvel. This could easily be a common tech.

– NetworkLlama
6 hours ago





An explicit reference to a universal translator used by the Kree is made in Captain Marvel. This could easily be a common tech.

– NetworkLlama
6 hours ago













All-Speak would not lip sync though.

– Almo
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All-Speak would not lip sync though.

– Almo
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@Almo Presumably any real universal translator would have to work on some psychic level. You can handwave that as also editing mouth actions to match.

– Azor Ahai
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@Almo Presumably any real universal translator would have to work on some psychic level. You can handwave that as also editing mouth actions to match.

– Azor Ahai
4 hours ago











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In addition to DeeVs answer, it's mentioned in Infinity War that Thor took an elective at school to learn Groot so I would assume that it is taught at Asgardian schools since Groot is quite an obscure language as laid out by the films.






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In addition to DeeVs answer, it's mentioned in Infinity War that Thor took an elective at school to learn Groot so I would assume that it is taught at Asgardian schools since Groot is quite an obscure language as laid out by the films.







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