How did translators in the past translate languages they had no knowledge about whatsoever?

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How did translators in the past translate languages they had no knowledge about whatsoever?

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They would have to learn the language first before being able to interpret. Usually communication started with body language and gesturing. Slowly one would be able to pick up small words and then over time would learn the language. As more contact occurred between two people the ones that had been there the earliest knew the language better and would become interpreters

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