No translator, yet I'm still able to use diplomacy screen

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I decided to play a military build up game and completely ignore the 'translator' tech. I didn't want to talk to anyone. I go to war with Drengin. After they are cornered, I get a pop up and his leader is asking me to sign for peace. I was like, "huh?" How can you communicate with me when I don't have a translator? Not only was I able to make a deal, I was also able to talk to every other civ in the game by using the scroll button from the 'diplomacy screen'. When I was out of that screen, and then tried to talk any civ again, I got the normal 'you need a translator' pop up. This can't be right.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
[moved to bug reports]
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Diplomacy aside, I also wondered how you could participate in the Galactic Council/Forum without a translator. Just an oversight, I think - maybe the aliens supply you with a temporary one
Elemental: Reforged
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
if everyone else has translator tech, it'd make sense that they can talk to you without you being able to talk to them.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If you understand German and English and I only understand English why should the conversation be one way initiated ?
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yes any inability to communicate is totally illogical.

According to the story of Galciv, human scientists were already in communication with Alien races when they developed the hyper drive.

So just for fun, lets pretend humans didn't really develop hyperdrive technology and share it with alien races... lets pretend that never happened and humans cannot actually communicate with aliens without the universal translator. Ok so then in answer to your ingame problem - obviously if the Drengin have the universal translator, they can use it to communicate with you. In which case the fact that you cannot open the diplomacy menue on your own terms is illogical.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
According to the story, races were already trading amongst themselves too, and they all have to research Trade techs.
Accoridng to the story, some races had already warred among themselves, yet you have to research hulls and weapons and defenses and sensors, even the basic ones.
According to the story, some empires had already carved an interstellar empire, yet you start with your HW, and apparently pop "growth" is related to migration - from/to where, unknown.
And then there's the Altarian Republic, Torian Confederation, etc being imperialistic regimes and later being able to research Republic and Federation   
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
are you sure that your civ didn't creatively come up with the technology? That does happen at random.