# Janet Gesme: Why We Are All "Translators" and Must Choose What We Repeat Wisely

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Podcast: [#12minconvos with Jesus Believers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/12minconvos-with-jesus-believers-7774952)
Published: 2026-07-17T07:12:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.12minconvos.com
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Duration seconds: 726

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Janet Gesme is a musician and a passionate language learner, currently learning French, Hungarian, Korean and Mandarin Chinese. She teaches and translates English, Russian, Spanish and German, plays an Edward Geesman Cello and Martin Schleske's "Schorshi viola." She is the translator of two books by Martin Schleske, including the award-winning English translation of The Sound of Life's Unspeakable Beauty and Christopher Schacht's Around the World on 50 Bucks. www.janetgesme.com

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