How to Use through an interpreter in a Sentence

through an interpreter

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  • My dad asked, through an interpreter, for a raise to $90, and that didn’t go over too well with his boss.
    Araceli Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Masud asked through an interpreter to have his own counsel for the case that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
    Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Alvarez-Godoy, through an interpreter, declined to speak in court.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Susana’s mother, speaking through an interpreter, spoke to the judge.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
  • The forensics team delivered the news in person through an interpreter.
    Kelly Terez, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • About a half dozen villagers can learn to make quilts through an interpreter provided by Fundamaya.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Syed, through an interpreter, asked for permission to speak, but his attorney asked that the court not take any statements from him.
    Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Speaking through an interpreter, Henrique shared a parting gift.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Robert said through an interpreter Friday at Camelback Ranch.
    Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Harjinder Singh requested a lawyer through an interpreter and did not give a statement.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Sasaki said through an interpreter after he was lifted from the game that something felt off about his upper-body mechanics.
    Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This interview was conducted through an interpreter add has been edited for length and clarity.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 20 June 2025
  • Maya‑Giraldo appeared in bond court Friday, speaking through an interpreter.
    Abby Dodge, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Jahraus said, explaining that all communication was done through an interpreter.
    Fox News, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Greene, Grobman and Guajajara (through an interpreter) recently spoke by video about the film.
    Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 2 June 2025
  • This interview was conducted through an interpreter and has been edited and condensed for clarity.
    William Earl, Variety, 3 July 2025
  • Griner appeared Tuesday in court via video link from detention outside Moscow and spoke through an interpreter.
    Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • During a bond court hearing Monday, Olivares appeared before a judge and spoke through an interpreter.
    Abby Dodge, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Speaking through an interpreter, Schiaparelli asked Mike to try to make up a sweater from a custom design.
    Vogue, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Lidia, the farmworker who spoke to the AP through an interpreter, said her biggest fear is being sent back to Mexico.
    Corey Williams, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • During the hearing, Tin — through an interpreter — denied having smuggled as many turtles as the government claimed.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
  • William made his request to proselytize through an interpreter, but the interpreter and the khan were drunk, and William did not get a definite answer.
    Valerie Hansen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Santos said through an interpreter Wednesday in Arlington, Texas.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Interviews with sheepherders were conducted in Spanish through an interpreter.
    Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Erdogan shook referee Bobby Madley’s hand and would not let go, commending him on his performance through an interpreter.
    Graham Scott, New York Times, 9 July 2026
  • Because of a language barrier, the parents had been communicating with school officials through an interpreter.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Translating through an interpreter that everyone can see adds a human touch to the conversation, which is helpful in tense situations, such as when speaking with an anxious client or patient.
    Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Kotsur talked to The Arizona Republic through an interpreter about the performance, and one scene in particular.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2022

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