Interpreting Mugs

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."

"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."

She - Interpreter - He.

bird interprets modern art

Sock Puppet in Literature

Frederic Chopin

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

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

"Caricatures $20"

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

'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

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

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

Art Gallery.

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

"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."

'And here, the artist is clearly making an ironic statement about the fleeting nature of material possessions.'

Simultaneous translation.