The Babel fish is small, yellow, leech-like - and probably the oddest thing in the universe. It feeds on brain wave energy, absorbing all unconscious frequencies and then excreting telepathically a matrix formed from the conscious frequencies and nerve signals picked up from the speech centres of the brain, the practical upshot of which is that if you stick one in your ear, you can instantly understand anything said to you in any form of language: the speech you hear decodes the brain wave matrix. - It is a universal translator that neatly crosses the language divide between any species.
I would use:
Gallantry for ponies
Competition for dragons
Culture history for Gryphons
Deutsche Käse Suppe (German Cheese Soup) for Changelings
Maud for Kirins
SMASH TOGETHER WITH YAKS! FOR WOTAN! WAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!! WALHALLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me, I’d use hay for ponies, gems/diamonds for dragons, a hunk of meat for Gryphons, hugs and kisses for Changelings, emotion food for Kirins, and Yak food for the Yaks.
I don’t know. I’m just blessed to live in the neighborhood of many nations, and I live out this part of my Brony life very strongly. I look to all sides and try to value all cultures equally. And every now and then I discover real treasures. ;-)