"This is very popular in foreign land," an interpreter explains sweetly to Xiang.

Open seasonally, costumed interpreters operate the farm and explain family life from the 1760s to 1913.

"The man outside says that you were sold to him," the Hakka interpreter explained.

The more responsible interpreters explain legal terminology to one another, study language books on their own time, and keep informed about new street words.

The interpreter who accompanied us explained that the tree actually worked as advertised.

"They want to know if you have any Sheffield knives," the interpreter explains.

The interpreter explained that they were flying over middle-class homes that belonged to ordinary workers in government and local industry.

"Jahorina, it has no meaning in the Serbo-Croatian language," an interpreter explained.

The lady visitors were shocked, but the interpreter explained to them that it was a Russian national custom.

Asked what had happened to him, he said he rolled over during the night and into a fire, an interpreter explained.