Only a few brief seconds of the Valakian language were heard spoken because the universal translator quickly picked it up. (ENT: "Dear Doctor") Jonathan Archer: "We... found your ship adrift. We thought we might be able to help." Valakian: "Trenakadula ta? Morana dunnat?" In the pronunciation guide from the script of "Dear Doctor", this pair of questions is phonetically notated as, "TREY-na-ka-DOO-la ta? MORE-ahn-nah DOO-nah?" Hoshi Sato: "I need a little more." Archer: "I'm Jonathan Archer. You're on the starship Enterprise." Valakian: "Kandala va gonsh. Yorata vala?" In the script pronunciation guide for "Dear Doctor", this couple of sentences is transcribed thus; "can-DAH-lah vah GOANSH. YO-rah-tah VAH-lah?" At this point, the universal translator began successfully t