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Queen Boudica revenge was so great against Rome she burned Londinium leaving a scorch layer still runs under modern London, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon'

I’ve been waiting for snow for weeks for just this reason.

At some point, I had been listening to enough French that my college classes 35 years ago resurfaced and this happened:

Me: asks question in French
Interpreter: …
Witness (who had been told always to wait for interpreter): …
Me:…
Court reporter: Counsel, can you repeat that in English?

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This happened to me last year! I had a trial and my client & his wife testified over Zoom from France and needed an interpreter. So the routine is:

Me: asks question in English
Interpreter: translates question into French
Witness: answers in French
Interpreter: translates to English

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