Kirk and Gorn Translator

[MARK M3]

I thought you guys would like these pictures.Friend Glen Loughboro acquired the Kirk universal Translator at the Recent Greg Jein auction to accompany his already owned and purchased Gorn Translator. He sent me the pictures and also posted the photos on my Art of Star Trek Group on FACEBOOK. Log into Facebook


I personally thought they were cool!

Per Glen...
Together Again At Last. The "Universal Translator" and the "Gorn Translator". The upper half of the Universal Translator is what was used in the episode "Arena". The bottom half with light bulb, wiring, and red/green bezel were added for "Metamorphosis".
Light bulb still lights with 120v. Switch is not wired.

ENJOY!

 

[MARK M3]

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Thanks for sharing.

It appears the power cord was of such a length that it could be unrolled, run up Bill Shatner’s sleeve, and hooked to a board operated by a stage hand to make the device blink.

 

[feek61]

Thanks for posting the awesome photos, good to see them both back together again!!!!

 

[Leinads]

Agreed. Thank you; this is terrific!

 

[MARK M3]

Thanks!! You bet! Glad you guys enjoy them. Glen was generous to let me share them here and on Facebook.

 

[Treadwell]

I don't understand. If the Arena translator was used to make the Metamorphosis translator, how can both still exist?

 

[MARK M3]

I don't understand. If the Arena translator was used to make the Metamorphosis translator, how can both still exist?

It’s the same prop. They just added the lower half to extend the length and a light.

 

[MARK M3]

The Gorn Translator.

 

[MARK M3]

Glen also has the Gary Seven Servos...

 

[Treadwell]

I still don't understand. He photographed two props sitting together, and says one was made out of the other.

(I'm not doubting anyone's word or knowledge, it just isn't being described in a way that I'm grasping.)

 

[MARK M3]

The TOP piece is the extension...used in Metormorphis to talk to companion. It screws into the middle piece which was used in ARENA.
The BOTTOM one is the Gorn's translator.

 

[MARK M3]

Glen just shared a pic of the translator lit up again after all these years!

Per Glen…

James Rugg told me that a wire was run from the Translator up William Shatner’s sleeve to an audio pa amplifier to make the light “modulate” to the sound of a voice. It was Rugg himself that spoke the lines into a microphone off camera. The “Companion’s” voice was added later in editing.

 

[Treadwell]

AHHhh, gotcha, thank you!
Why it didn't register with me (which is my brain's fault) is I was thinking "Gorn translator" to mean "the thing Kirk uses to translate what the Gorn says" rather than "the thing the GORN uses".

(Why did the Metrons give them different devices?)

 

[MARK M3]

Saturday in Ticonderoga, Shatner held the real prop again after all these years! Glen brought the item along with other goodies to the Star Trek Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga. He also allowed me to examine the prop as well

 

[MARK M3]

A picture of me Holding the actual screen used universal Translator seen in "ARENA" and " METAMORPHOSIS". I was graciously allowed to handle the prop with the permission of Glen Loughboro who also owns the Gorn Translator.
My photo was taken at The Star Trek Original Series Set Tour.

 

[enterprise0216]

Appreciate the pics and sharing the knowledge.