The wall wouldn't carry sound, and the translator didn't work.

This is important when different translators are working on a single project.

"We need to talk to make the translators work," she added.

And now he knew that the universal translator was indeed working properly.

They were rendered in an alien language, and his translator could only work on the spoken word.

All I know about language is that my universal translator mostly works.

We could talk to them if your translators worked in vacuum.

Jim couldnt read them, since the translator worked only on the spoken word.

Her new translator worked perfectly, but could not convey all the sadness she carried inside.

The lawyer, the doctor and the translator were all working for nothing, juggling volunteer work with full-time jobs.