Sentence examples for served as interpreters from inspiring English sources

Each side, Dong shows, viewed the other with grave suspicion, partly because they were not always able to communicate, save in a gibberish code language that resembled neither English nor Shanghainese (later, channels became smoother through Chinese compradors who served as interpreters, brokers and traders).

Two of his daughters also served as interpreters for coalition forces.

Both Charbonneau and Sacagawea served as interpreters for the expedition and the presence of the Native American woman (and her infant son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau) helped convince hostile tribes that the Lewis and Clark Expedition was not a war party.

Many Afghans who served as interpreters and support staff for U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 2001-2014 are still trying to seek asylum in the United States, in fear of their lives.

Health workers who were not involved in TB treatment and care, or community members, served as interpreters and back-translation was performed on the spot.

Because the first author and the participants did not speak the same language, interviews were conducted with the two research assistants who also served as interpreters which might have added additional layers of bias within the interview process.

Chang's nephew Chang Joe served as interpreter.

Sarah served as interpreter & mediator betw.

"He's going to appeal," said reliever Jose Veras, who served as interpreter for Cabrera.

He served as interpreter for the Burmese mission to Calcutta, India, in 1854 and the following year headed a return mission to the Burmese capital, Amarapura.

It was a somewhat surreal encounter: each side fielded 11 officials, like a football team, while a Turkish actress, best known for her roles in steamy films and her startling changes of hair colour, served as interpreter.