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Palladino: We went through many translators in the beginning and found a really great translator, about whom all our French actors were saying, “This is the right rhythm. They’re getting your English rhythm in French.”

Through a translator, Panahi accepted his award humbly and spoke to the universal impulse to make art.

The lawyer, who does not speak English and specialises in juvenile law, has been communicating with his client using a translator.

Video footage of their conversation in a lavish Saudi royal palace showed some initial awkwardness as they spoke through a translator.

Maria loved art so Dekermenjian asked her to draw each day and then, after class, he and a translator would discuss the meaning behind what she had drawn.