through an interpreter
idiom
: by the method of being translated by an interpreter
He gave his statement to the police through an interpreter.
Examples of through an interpreter in a Sentence
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In the next room, through an interpreter, Andrea explains in Spanish that her paternal grandmother never received a clinical diagnosis but was completely blind by 30 years old.
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
Miller, who is deaf, communicated with police via writing and through an interpreter while being treated at St. Elizabeth Hospital shortly after the killing.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
Ohtani doesn’t speak English publicly, communicating with American audiences through an interpreter.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Schools for the deaf spread throughout the 19th century, but many in the South were segregated, causing sign language to develop differently in Black and white communities, Hill said through an interpreter.
—USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
The woman, who spoke through an interpreter provided by CARECEN, spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to endanger family members in Haiti.
—Joe Heim, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
Ohtani introduced himself in English, admitted his nerves, told a few self-effacing stories and awkward jokes through an interpreter and grinned for photographs.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
That’s when police took his friend, a fellow activist, to jail and beat him to death, Mamoudou says, speaking in Pulaar through an interpreter.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2023
Speaking through an interpreter, Henrique shared a parting gift.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2023
Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
Miller, who is deaf, communicated with police via writing and through an interpreter while being treated at St. Elizabeth Hospital shortly after the killing.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
Ohtani doesn’t speak English publicly, communicating with American audiences through an interpreter.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Schools for the deaf spread throughout the 19th century, but many in the South were segregated, causing sign language to develop differently in Black and white communities, Hill said through an interpreter.
—USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
The woman, who spoke through an interpreter provided by CARECEN, spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to endanger family members in Haiti.
—Joe Heim, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
Ohtani introduced himself in English, admitted his nerves, told a few self-effacing stories and awkward jokes through an interpreter and grinned for photographs.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
That’s when police took his friend, a fellow activist, to jail and beat him to death, Mamoudou says, speaking in Pulaar through an interpreter.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2023
Speaking through an interpreter, Henrique shared a parting gift.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2023
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