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  2. The Babel fish is a small, bright yellow fish, which can be placed in someone's ear in order for them to be able to hear any language translated into their first language. Ford Prefect puts one in Arthur Dent's ear at the beginning of the story so that he can hear the Vogon speech.

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  3. The Babel Fish is small, yellow, and simultaneously translates from one spoken language to another. When inserted into the ear, its nutrition processes convert sound waves into...

  4. The Babel fish, a creature from Douglas Adams’s “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” is a small, yellow, leech-like fish that, when inserted into the ear, allows the wearer to instantly understand any language.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Babel_fishBabel fish - Wikipedia

    Babel fish may refer to: Babel fish, a fictional species of fish invented by Douglas Adams in 1978; see The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Babel Fish (band), a Norwegian band.

  6. Mar 4, 2017 · Is the 'babel fish' now a reality? A world where language is no barrier to instant verbal communication could be a step closer after technology using an earpiece to translate speech was...

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  7. May 29, 2024 · The Babel Fish is an invention of writer Douglas Adams, who used it in his series of books called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It is a small creature, whose existence the Guide calls "the oddest thing in the universe".

  8. The Johnian author Douglas Adams created, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (variously a groundbreaking radio series, a bestselling novel sequence, a television version and a Hollywood film), the Babel fish: a small animal that, inserted through the ear, functions as a universal translator.

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