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Col. Weber:
[after playing a recording] How would you approach translating this? You hear any words? Phrases?

Dr. Louise Banks:
I do not... I do not know.

Col. Weber:
So what can you tell?

Dr. Louise Banks:
I can tell you that it is impossible to translate an audio file. I would need to be there to interact with them.

Col. Weber:
You did not need that for Farsi translation.

Dr. Louise Banks:
I did not need because I already knew the language, but this is...

Col. Weber:
I know what you're doing.

Dr. Louise Banks:
Tell me what I'm doing.

Col. Weber:
I'll not take you to Montana. It's all I can do to keep it turning into a tourist site for everybody who has a clearance.

Dr. Louise Banks:
I'm just telling you what it would take to do this job.

Col. Weber:
It is not a negotiation. If I leave here... your chance is gone. Good day.

Dr. Louise Banks:
Colonel...You mentioned Berkeley. Are you going to ask Danvers next?

Col. Weber:
Maybe.

Dr. Louise Banks:
Before you commit to him...ask him the Sanskrit word for "war" and its translation.