Artistic Interpreter Gifts

Office joker

"Caricatures $20"

Emily Dickinson: Mime - "I think she's saying something about death."

Frederic Chopin

"I'm part of a photo project at school. I'm supposed to take pictures showing my interpretation of life around me."

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.

Dog Nightmares

Dialogue

She - Interpreter - He.

Sock Puppet in Literature

'It's the essence of springtime. You're really enjoying it.'

"My nephew Jack here can say ‘I’m unemployed’ in seven languages."

'Boss, it seems like a friendly text, but you've got to learn to read between the emoticons.'

How a poet works

"Who is 'coming around the mountain,' John? Could it be your mother?"

Signing the declaration of independence.

Harriet Walter

"To hear the ocean in English, press one. Para Espanol ..."

'It says here you can talk trash in five languages.'

"...but this is the stuff of dreams Mr Whitley! Dreams."

'I need a text-mail interpreter.'

"Baldo, Gracie...you need to learn more Spanish. For the rest of the week, I'm going to speak nothing but Spanish, and Tia Carmen will act as your interpreter, OK? Tienen tarea?"

Orator translates in many languages.

"Send for a Prftgxrgplwtkn interpreter - case adjourned for a thousand light years."

Sign on wall of spacious empty hall of museum: 'Air & Space Exhibit'

"I think our daughter should change her major. She can now ask for money in 3 different languages!"

Interpreter for the hard-to-believe-what-they're-hearing.

George Gershwin, Psychiatrist

Company spokespersons statement being interpreted into plane English by a second spokesman.

"Last week, when I was telling you about my Lou Ferrigno dream, were you fighting off a yawn? Do you go to therapy? What would you do if I touched your ear? Yes or no—am I insane?"

Art Gallery.

Percentage artwork

When I was in jail, I passed the time by writing my autobiography. I took certain liberties with some of the characters. For instance, you appear in the later chapters

"You'll have to phrase it another way. They have no word for 'fetch.' "

Body language interpreters - "He likes you and wishes to dance with you." "That's a get lost."