How to Use through an interpreter in a Sentence

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  • 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
  • Oscar Colás said of Ramos through an interpreter in July.
    Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The forensics team delivered the news in person through an interpreter.
    Kelly Terez, ABC News, 11 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • Duda, through an interpreter, thanked Biden for his support.
    Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Robert said through an interpreter Friday at Camelback Ranch.
    Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Rodriguez, a hard-throwing 24-year-old from the Dominican Republic, sat in the Rangers’ clubhouse Sunday and told the story through an interpreter.
    Aaron Kasinitz, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Speaking through an interpreter, Schiaparelli asked Mike to try to make up a sweater from a custom design.
    Vogue, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Speaking through an interpreter, Henrique shared a parting gift.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Griner appeared Tuesday in court via video link from detention outside Moscow and spoke through an interpreter.
    Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Yia Kuong Lo, 72, who travels from Chinatown to Somerville for physical therapy three times per week, said through an interpreter.
    Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • His transition has been smooth, McGilvery said through an interpreter, because Anderson is there on the sidelines, and hearing teammates have learned sign language.
    Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Santos said through an interpreter Wednesday in Arlington, Texas.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Lawmakers gave him a standing ovation, before and after his short remarks, which Zelenskyy began in Ukrainian through an interpreter but then switched to English in a heartfelt appeal to help end the bloodshed.
    Lisa Mascaro and Aamer Madhani, ajc, 17 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • 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 group of at least five, including Mr. Saipov’s father, sat quietly during the testimony, listening through an interpreter.
    Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Jahraus said, explaining that all communication was done through an interpreter.
    Fox News, 17 Mar. 2022
  • After lengthy and expensive dealings with the hospital in Turkey through an interpreter, Bryant and her sister arranged an international medical flight to bring her mother home.
    Clara McMichael, ABC News, 19 July 2023
  • 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
  • Speaking through an interpreter, Zelenskyy issued a stark warning to any American politician or 2024 presidential candidate who is skeptical about providing more aid to equip Kyiv in its war against Russia.
    Miles J. Herszenhorn, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • In temperatures hovering under 40 degrees, Milley bantered with the Ukrainian soldiers and asked about their backgrounds and experience in combat, sometimes in English and sometimes through an interpreter.
    Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Ohtani doesn’t speak English publicly, communicating with American audiences through an interpreter.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024

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