diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/translator.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/translator.dm
index 0bb26b32bc..fbe8dde763 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/translator.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/translator.dm
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 	if(!listening) //Turning ON
 		langset = input(user,"Translate to which of your languages?","Language Selection") as null|anything in user.languages
 		if(langset)
-			if(langset && ((langset.flags & NONVERBAL) || (langset.flags & HIVEMIND)))
+			if(langset && ((langset.flags & NONVERBAL) || (!langset.machine_understands)))
+				//Nonverbal means no spoken words to translate, so I didn't see the need to remove it.
 				to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>\The [src] cannot output that language.</span>")
 				return
 			else
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@
 	if (language && (language.flags & NONVERBAL))
 		return //Not gonna translate sign language
 
+	if (!language.machine_understands)
+		return //Any other languages that it can't translate.
+
 	if (visual && ((L.sdisabilities & BLIND) || L.eye_blind))
 		return //Can't see the screen, don't get the message
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/language/outsider.dm b/code/modules/mob/language/outsider.dm
index 8c174a2ff7..3e85f4efec 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/language/outsider.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/language/outsider.dm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	speech_verb = "says"
 	colour = "changeling"
 	key = "g"
+	machine_understands = 0
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
 
 /datum/language/ling/broadcast(var/mob/living/speaker,var/message,var/speaker_mask)
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 	exclaim_verb = "sings"
 	colour = "alien"
 	key = "x"
+	machine_understands = 0
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
 
 /datum/language/corticalborer/broadcast(var/mob/living/speaker,var/message,var/speaker_mask)
@@ -80,4 +82,5 @@
 	exclaim_verb = "chants"
 	colour = "cult"
 	key = "y"
+	machine_understands = 0
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/language/station.dm b/code/modules/mob/language/station.dm
index 8e2f2987c9..85942fcb4e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/language/station.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/language/station.dm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	exclaim_verb = "rustles"
 	colour = "soghun"
 	key = "q"
+	machine_understands = 0
 	flags = RESTRICTED
 	syllables = list("hs","zt","kr","st","sh")
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 	name = LANGUAGE_ROOTGLOBAL
 	desc = "A complex language known instinctively by Dionaea, 'spoken' by emitting modulated radio waves. This version uses low frequency waves for slow communication at long ranges."
 	key = "w"
+	machine_understands = 0
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
 
 /datum/language/unathi
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/language/synthetic.dm b/code/modules/mob/language/synthetic.dm
index 2a2ddb0ff9..36dd57bc69 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/language/synthetic.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/language/synthetic.dm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	ask_verb = "queries"
 	exclaim_verb = "declares"
 	key = "b"
+	machine_understands = 0
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
 	var/drone_only
 
@@ -64,5 +65,6 @@
 	exclaim_verb = "transmits"
 	colour = "say_quote"
 	key = "d"
+	machine_understands = 0
 	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
 	drone_only = 1