Lust in Translation 

Ted dates a German businesswoman whose company wants to buy a translating device from Veridian, but a minor adjustment by Phil threatens to kill the romance and the deal. Meanwhile, Linda invents a new game and defeats Veronica.

Director:

Lee Shallat Chemel

Writers:

Victor Fresco (creator), Michael Shipley

Stars:

Jay Harrington, Portia de Rossi, Andrea Anders

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Jay Harrington	...	Ted Crisp
Portia de Rossi	...	Veronica Palmer
Andrea Anders	...	Linda Zwordling
Jonathan Slavin	...	Phil Myman
Malcolm Barrett	...	Lem Hewitt
Stefanie von Pfetten	...	Greta
Rizwan Manji	...	Rick
Stefan Marks	...	Brett
John Hans Tester	...	Hans (as Hans Tester)
Jeffrey Anthony	...	Carl
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Samy Camara	...	Laura Ortiz (as Saman Nasir)

Storyline

Ted romances a beautiful German executive who can't speak a word of English. It doesn't matter - Veridian is developing a translation device for her company, enabling the two to communicate. The problem is, the voice of the device is Phil's, which ruins the mood for Ted.

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Plot Keywords:

evil scientist | electronic translator | bagel | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Machine's German pronunciation is reasonably good, except for the word "Problem" which it pronounces similar to English accenting "prob" while in German "lem" is supposed to be accented.

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Connections

References An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

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Details

Language:

English German

Release Date:

19 January 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Garfield Grove Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1