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Damage control is easy. Reading Klingon, that’s hard.
— Scotty · Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Scotty ranks dealing with damage below reading an unfamiliar language in difficulty. The contrast gives a potentially demanding practical task an unexpectedly modest place. It expresses the speaker’s own assessment of his abilities, without establishing that either task would be easy or hard for everyone.
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