Todd Bryant: Klingon Translator
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General Chang : There we have it, citizens. We have finally established the particulars of the crime. And now we come to the architect of this tragic affair: James Tiberius Kirk. What would your favorite author say, Captain? "Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings." Tell us your sad story, Kirk. Tell us that you planned to take revenge for the death of your son.
Captain James T. Kirk : That's not true.
Klingon Defense Attorney : Objection! Captain Kirk has not been identified as the assassin.
Klingon Judge : Sustained.
General Chang : I enter into the record this except from the captain's personal log.
Captain James T. Kirk : [voice recording] I've never trusted Klingons, and I never will. I have never been able to forgive them for the death of my boy.
Klingon Translator : [clamoring from the Klingon gallery] Again! Again!
General Chang : [the recording repeats] Are those your words?
Captain James T. Kirk : Those words were spoken by me.
Klingon Defense Attorney : Objection! My client's political views are not on trial.
General Chang : On the contrary! Captain Kirk's views and motives are indeed at the very heart of the matter! This officer's record shows him to be an insubordinate, unprincipled, career-minded opportunist with a history of violating the chain of command whenever it suited him!
