Interpreting Gifts

Rude signing for the deaf. Dictator telling his people to f*** off.

"Would you like me to get one our experts to tell you what you think of it."

'You know, sometimes I think we don't even speak the same body language.'

Edwin Pobursky, sign-language interpreter for deaf-mute callers.

"One day, I hope to be a dance interpreter as well."

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.

"You say it all the time, so I climbed every tree to prove it. You were right, money doesn't grow on trees."

Dialogue

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

Sock Puppet in Literature

I'm not saying I'm not a hound dog. I'm saying I'm not nothing but a hound dog.

bird interprets modern art

She - Interpreter - He.

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

Frederic Chopin

"Caricatures $20"

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

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

Signing the declaration of independence.

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

"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?"

'I need a text-mail interpreter.'

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

Orator translates in many languages.

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

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

'Typical phallic egocentrism!'

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

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

George Gershwin, Psychiatrist

'...if you look at it in the right way it begins to make sense.'

"I don't do spells. I'm a wizard at deciphering rap lyrics."

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

"Poetry would be way more accessible if they just said what they meant."

Art Gallery.