Literal Interpreter Gifts

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

"Once cooked, leave to stand for 1 minute."

Dialogue

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

She - Interpreter - He.

Sock Puppet in Literature

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

'Larry liked to crack the window before bed.'

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

"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'!"

'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 ..."

'I need a text-mail interpreter.'

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

"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?"

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

"What can you do with him?"

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!"

It's not a figure of speech - this is the corporate ladder.

'When it said in her profile that she's a cosmo girl, I had something entirely different in mind!'

Well, yes, it's a free library, but...

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

"Because it's got a goddam crack in it, that's why."

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

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

George Gershwin, Psychiatrist

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

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

Jude completely misunderstands his doctor's request for a stool sample.

"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."