"speaking through his daughter as an interpreter"

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/14275852.Former_military_man_found_guilty_of_fly_tipping/?ref=rss 
14 February 2016

[…] The court heard from take-away owner Salam Abdus who – speaking through his daughter as an interpreter - told the magistrates he had only seen waste being taken away by three men in a white van, none of which were Bull. […]