I agree that because most of the main characters are either in the upper-class or in the military and heavily involved in national politics that they'd know more than one language. I also agree that Lelouch is most likely fluent in Japanese.
What's really confusing to me is when I start to try to figure out what language they're talking when. What with it being in Japanese, subbed in English, and random bits of English thrown in, eventually I decided to stop thinking about it unless something brings attention to it in the show. And when they get to China, gah! It gives me a headache just thinking about it.
That's a good question. What language do the Black Knights speak? I figure they all know English well since Japan was conquered but I don't think Diethard and Raksharta would know enough Japanese for the meetings to be held in it. But it'd make sense to me if when those two aren't around they'd talk a lot more in Japanese. Kinda of a keeping their culture alive kinda thing, but then switching to English when those two are around, just as a polite thing.
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What's really confusing to me is when I start to try to figure out what language they're talking when. What with it being in Japanese, subbed in English, and random bits of English thrown in, eventually I decided to stop thinking about it unless something brings attention to it in the show. And when they get to China, gah! It gives me a headache just thinking about it.
That's a good question. What language do the Black Knights speak? I figure they all know English well since Japan was conquered but I don't think Diethard and Raksharta would know enough Japanese for the meetings to be held in it. But it'd make sense to me if when those two aren't around they'd talk a lot more in Japanese. Kinda of a keeping their culture alive kinda thing, but then switching to English when those two are around, just as a polite thing.