April 12, 2018 RANDOM QUESTION: After Starfleet established successful communications with the Tamarians, do you think they'd maybe upgrade their universal translators to detect just what the Tamarians mean when they speak? Or do you think they'd need to brush up on their metaphors?

Data referenced understanding the grammar of a language as essential to the deciphering of the imagery reflected in the Tamarian's method of speech and thought conveyance. Picard later certified that to Riker by referencing his own review of the Homeric hymns, a hallmark of our own historical, epic literature. These examples would lead me to believe, if hope, that realizing greater success in achieving true communication between peoples, or in this case species, can be reached not merely by literal translation of words but by the meaning of what makes up those peoples' or species' beliefs and by extension characters. The suggestion commonly attributed to native Americans of walking a mile in another's moccasins is apt here, as there really would be no other way than this desired activity to learn who and what another person is all about.