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** In ''Berry in the Big City'', Blueberry claims she can communicate with plants and would relay their thoughts to the Berry Besties in several episodes. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane It's implied more often than not]] that this isn't her being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, and that she can actually talk to plants.

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** In ''Berry in the Big City'', ''StrawberryShortcakeBerryInTheBigCity'', Blueberry claims she can communicate with plants and would relay their thoughts to the Berry Besties in several episodes. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane It's implied more often than not]] that this isn't her being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, and that she can actually talk to plants.

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* In the new ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' stories, Blueberry Muffin does this for Longface Caterpillar.

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* In Blueberry Muffin from the new ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' stories, franchise acts as this in several generations.
** The original 1980s special had her translate Apple Dumplin's scribbles to the other Strawberryland residents, being the only one who can understand the handwriting.
** In ''Berry Bitty Adventures'',
Blueberry Muffin does would often have to put Mr. Longface's [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness verbose way of speaking]] into LaymansTerms for the other girls.
** In ''Berry in the Big City'', Blueberry claims she can communicate with plants and would relay their thoughts to the Berry Besties in several episodes. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane It's implied more often than not]] that
this for Longface Caterpillar. isn't her being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, and that she can actually talk to plants.
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* Creator/StephenHawking, the English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, was diagnosed with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]] at the age of 21. As the disease progressed, his speech became increasingly slurred to the point that only people who knew could understand him. He would teach classes and give lectures with someone translating for him. He eventually lost the ability to speak altogether after an episode of pneumonia required him to undergo a tracheotomy. From then on he famously used his signature text-to-speech device to communicate.

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* Creator/StephenHawking, the English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, was diagnosed with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]] at the age of 21. As the disease progressed, his speech became increasingly slurred to the point that only people who knew his family and close friends could understand him. He would teach classes and give lectures with someone translating for him. He eventually lost the ability to speak altogether after an episode of pneumonia required him to undergo a tracheotomy. From then on he famously used his signature text-to-speech device to communicate.
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* In ''VideoGame/ChicoryAColorfulTale'', Prunush becomes Pizza's translator for Queen Drosera by hiding in the latter's head as they explore Feast.

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* In ''VideoGame/ChicoryAColorfulTale'', Prunush Prunus becomes Pizza's translator for Queen Drosera the insects by hiding in the latter's head as they explore Feast.head.
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* In ''VideoGame/ChicoryAColorfulTale'', Prunush becomes Pizza's translator for Queen Drosera by hiding in the latter's head as they explore Feast.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Stray}}'', the cat's RobotBuddy B-12 serves this role, being able to understand the language of the humanoid robots living within the city. That said, there are a couple moments when they are unable to help the cat communicate, all of which are dramatic and tied into the story:

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Stray}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Stray|2022}}'', the cat's RobotBuddy B-12 serves this role, being able to understand the language of the humanoid robots living within the city. That said, there are a couple moments when they are unable to help the cat communicate, all of which are dramatic and tied into the story:
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'': Because of her time spent as Nala Se's lab assistant, Omega is better versed in technical terms than some of her brothers, leading to her acting as this trope for Tech whenever his technobabble is too complex for the others to understand.
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** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' [=C3PO=] is temporarily the offical translator for Jabba the Hutt. Prior to [=C3PO=] translating for him, most of Jabba's dialogue came with subtitles.

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