Rule Interpreter Mugs

'If you remove all the gray areas, you take all the fun out of the law.'

Local Guidelines

'You realize, these are going to lead inevitably to the legal profession.'

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

Dialogue

She - Interpreter - He.

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

"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.'

And if the ball is completely unplayable...

Signing the declaration of independence.

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

'Does anyone know where we keep the unwritten rules?'

He waited for the next wave of regulations to arrive.

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

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

'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?"

'Now hold on, Mike. You're talking about embezzlement! And unless I'm very mistaken, that's strictly prohibited in the company's employee handbook!'

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!"

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

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

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

"He was right, you know - a queen can move as many spaces as she likes."

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

A day in the life, summed up in 6 frames.

Frustrated Dad's and Toy Construction.

Baseball Rules Conference. The actions of this runner are prohibited by the current rules. Next slide, please.

"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."

Simultaneous translation.

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