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Dialogue

She - Interpreter - He.

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

'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."

"It's no good, Bertie—we must either find some other place to meet or break off the affair altogether."

"I've written the employees' benefit manual in invisible ink"

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

Signing the declaration of independence.

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

Statue of Liberty

Your problems are all in your head, Al. This time you're wrong, doctor. I happen to be lying on my keys. The problem is not in my head. It's in my left buttock.

'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."

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

Man reading 'Bankruptcy for Dummies'.

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

'The sun lounge book of melanomas.'

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

George Gershwin, Psychiatrist

"You'll find all the adult 'Dummies and Idiots' guide books in the children's section."

Art Gallery.

Ferguson, Bramley, Osgood & Holt - Big Frogs in a Small Pond.

'All right. Who's in charge around here?'

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

'That's not in addition to your pension, that IS your pension.'

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

Simultaneous translation.

"..and you'll also need Percy here, his interpreter"

'Most cases like yours, Mr. Johnson, clear up completely with a healthy dose of skepticism!'