A famous writer who is visiting Japan was invited to give a speech.

The story is about a writer who goes to a Japanese school to give a speech. The students don't understand English, and the school has an interpreter. The writer told a long joke, but the translation was finished in a few words, and the students all laughed. After the speech, the writer thanked the translator for his excellent work and asked him how he finished his long joke in such a short sentence. The translator smiled and said, I didn't translate your jokes. I just told them that you told a joke. Please smile.

A famous writer gave a speech to a large group of students.

Writer C told the students a long joke.

Writer B waited for a long time because he thought it would take a long time to translate.

Writer A thanked the translator because he thought the translator had done a good job.

The students laughed because the translation made them laugh.