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Aren't you worried about your story not quite coming through because you're speaking through someone else?

Well, being fluent/conversational means you can still hear what words the translator chooses, and can verify it means what you meant. It's just that their word choice would be more precise.

You would lose so much nuance. And I dont think you are in a position to verify anything since you claim not to speak the language.

It sounds like a bad idea all around.

I wouldn't pretend I don't speak the language. I would simply request to have an interpreter present similar to how I would request a lawyer. I would check with my lawyer to see if I have the right to an interpreter. If I do, I would absolutely use it.

I'm more concerned that the persecution, understanding how stressful the situation is for me and how not being a native speaker I wouldn't necessarily be familiar with legalese or very formal lexicon, uses it against me to extract a confession due to my confusion, than I am that the nuances would be lost through an interpreter.

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