Story Interpreters Gifts

'Okay, one more blog about the meaning of 'Alice in Wonderland' and then off to sleep.'

Dialogue

She - Interpreter - He.

"Eat my dust!"

'It's a novel based on a movie adapted from a magazine article that was inspired by a video game.'

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

"I'm learning to live with existence."

Revival Meeting - Simultaneous translation of all talking in tongues.

"My guess it's guacamole."

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

Re-Tooling Costs - "Could you be a little more precise than umpteen million?"

Harriet Walter

Mother Goose Spoilers

'I need a text-mail interpreter.'

"...but this is the stuff of dreams Mr Whitley! Dreams."

"It said on the packet the pasta should act as a vehicle for the sauce."

'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!"

Pie chart of pub conversations

Fairy tales reimagined for the 21st century. Jack and the Beanstalk

"Marlowe filled the crooked gumshoe full of lead. He watched the smoke from his .38 coil in the air as he… mommy’s behind me, isn’t she?"

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

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

"Oh yes, I proudly served."

"Last week, when I was telling you about my Lou Ferrigno dream, were you fighting off a yawn? Do you go to therapy? What would you do if I touched your ear? Yes or no—am I insane?"

"The true story"

"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.

"Wow! Talk about a game-changer!"