All 12 Uses of
interpret
in
Amistad
- Knowing well of the Amistad case, the commander of the Buzzard, Captain James Fitzgerald, granted Covey leave to serve as interpreter for the Amistad Committee and the blacks held in captive, saying it was the least the Crown could do in the situation.†
Chpt 2.8
- That depends on one's interpretation of the Treaty of 1819," Judson said.†
Chpt 2.9
- If they did, why, then, have their defense attorneys enlisted the services of an interpreter?†
Chpt 2.9
- If you interpreter cannot present himself to the court by then, you shall have to press on.†
Chpt 2.9
- Regardless of how my decision goes, I strongly doubt that I would write it in such a way as to permit that interpretation.†
Chpt 2.9
- Your Honor, I ask that Joseph Cinque be called along with the interpreter James Covey.†
Chpt 2.9
- "Call Mr. Cinque and Mr. Covey," Judson said, "and let the record show that the court recognizes and accepts Mr. Covey's ability as interpreter for the Amistad negroes."†
Chpt 2.9
- No. I have never had a slave," Singbe said through his interpreter.†
Chpt 2.9
- The interpreter was talking to Cinque, taking a statement.†
Chpt 2.9
- "Just after dark," Antonio said through a Spanish interpreter.
Chpt 2.9 *interpreter = someone who translates language
- The highlight of the presentations, however, was Singbe's retelling of their voyage on the Amistad in his native Mende, with James Covey interpreting.†
Chpt 2.12
- Burnah divided his time between serving as an interpreter and teacher for the mission and working as a blacksmith in his native village in Mende.†
Chpt Epil.
Definition:
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(interpret as in: interpret Spanish to English) to translate words into spoken words of another language
(This word is especially used in place of translate when the translation is done real-time, or on-the-fly, or immediately as needed.)