another story
(nothing) lost in translation
a 4 month old baby in rural senegal, holding onto steve, one of our amazing, tireless interpreters. this village was way the heck out there, so we ended up needing multiple interpreters to be able to work. english to french, french to wolof, wolof to serere (a dialect with no verbs!!) then all the way back again. it was a bit like "whisper down the lane" at times.
Q: "so how many days has your baby been sick?"
A: (eventually) "orange!"
Q: "um...."
but in this fabulous little moment, nobody needed to translate a thing.
(nothing) lost in translation
a 4 month old baby in rural senegal, holding onto steve, one of our amazing, tireless interpreters. this village was way the heck out there, so we ended up needing multiple interpreters to be able to work. english to french, french to wolof, wolof to serere (a dialect with no verbs!!) then all the way back again. it was a bit like "whisper down the lane" at times.
Q: "so how many days has your baby been sick?"
A: (eventually) "orange!"
Q: "um...."
but in this fabulous little moment, nobody needed to translate a thing.