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* Several of the ''[[The Shadow|Shadow]]'' pulps are set in various Chinatowns. When talking to his usual Chinese contact, the Shadow speaks Mandarin out of courtesy. That contact then translates for us as he replies in English (being polite right back at the Shadow).
* There is often one character who can understand [[Discworld|The Librarian]] and who will repeat things so the reader (and other characters) understand, but sometimes he needs to resort to charades.
* Averted (deliberately) in ''Godel, Escher, Bach''; they talk on the telephone but only what Achilles mentioned is said, and what Tortoise said is omitted.
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