Hi & welcome, Stas! Recently you wrote in a message to alexander koryagin:
ak> please, I am a translator."
SM> Should it be "an interpreter"?
Good question. Strictly speaking, an interpreter works with oral language & a translator works with written language... but many dictionaries seem to imply that the word "translator" is less specific.
Alexander's joke offers no detail about what this man's employers require of him. Perhaps he may be called upon to do either or both.... :-Q
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