How presents of different countries talk with other when they don’t have a common language?

Question

I understand they can use translator but then their are a few problems.
1. How do you know the translator tells the truth?
2. How do you know the translator made a correct translation?
3. The most important point, the translator is exposed the top secrets he should not know.

How they solve these problems?

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Answer 1

You have your own translator. He is a diplomat who is trusted at the highest levels. He translates into the other leader’s language. The other leader says something to his translator (a similar sort of trusted diplomat), who says it in your language.

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And then, you have leaders who speak each other’s languages well enough that they can tell translators “that’s not what I meant” but as a matter of convention, they always speak their own languages in official meetings to avoid acting deferential to some other country. Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin were particularly known for this when meeting with each other.