Instruction Manual Interpreter Gifts

Frustrated Dad's and Toy Construction.

Dialogue

She - Interpreter - He.

"Why don't you start with tennis balls?!"

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

"This is the fourth student who bubbled in Y-O-U-R N-A-M-E when I told the class to 'bubble in your name'!"

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

"Are you sure there wasn't a floor model?"

'and then stand in dish for two hours.'

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

Signing the declaration of independence.

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

DIY horror.

'I need a text-mail interpreter.'

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

"It said on the packet the pasta should act as a vehicle for the sauce."

"Connect A2 to B3, insert D3 into E5....I hate flat packs!"

"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?"

'That's not what it looked like in the shop...' - 'It's near enough.'

"Are these 'raw' facts or 'spun' facts?"

Orator translates in many languages.

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

"It says it can be assembled by a 5 year old child - pop out and find me one..."

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

"According to the instructions, if the product is found to be faulty, dispose of it responsibly and purchase another."

"I knew there was something wrong when he stopped reading the obituaries."

"Is that all you can say - 'It's not messy'?"

'Dad, perhaps the fan should suck instead of blow?'

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

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

"…And what do you think the cracker might represent?"

Spiro & Pusho cutting log with a saw

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

"Let me guess: Step two, add sand."

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