Later, when the teacher said the same thing, the girl needed no translation.

This offers quite specific information about what is inside, and needs little translation.

"Stand up," is not a message that needed translation in the first place.

The look which the colonel shot at me needed no translation.

She had said it so often that Wendy needed no translation.

He needed no translation to pick up the two creatures' agreement.

Farther up the hill, the most powerful message of the day needed no English translation.

Crying to one another in a fear that needed no translation, they ran for the temple.

Again the words needed no translation, for the venom in the tone told all.

Griffin spoke little Spanish, but the message in her eyes needed no translation at all.