Render and Understand

Render

Render verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

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Understand and render are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understand" instead a verb "Render".

Nearby Words: rend, rendered, rendering, rendition, rending

Understand verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.

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Render and understand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Render" instead a verb "Understand".

humanity	render humanity	understand humanity
work	render work	understand work
people	render people	understand people
part	render part	understand part
Other words: word, point, plot, system, way, game, language, magic, humans, powers.

It appears that there's a Universal Translator in-universe, as the aliens can understand each other and VAL can render what they say in a manner you understand, however you (explicitly a human) don't get to have one yourself.

Source: Translation Convention
In textual or partly textual works where characters speak other languages, the author may render them in the work's language so that the reader can understand them.

Source: Translation Punctuation
Special typefaces are used to render languages that other cultures cannot understand: Goths speak in Blackletter, Vikings have "Ø" and "Å" in place of "O" and "A", Egyptians use hieroglyphs, Amerindians pictograms.

Source: Translation Convention

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