In the version of the story about the Portugese-French-English Translation story that I have, it included (as well as the "craunch a Marmoset", I don't know what it means either) the immortal phrase "he will be pleased to slay you up a wish". I just love this word play!! It also reminds me of a news story shown on the BBC a few years ago when a pointed question about mainland China's attitude to Taiwan and whether they wanted to reunite the island with the mainland politically, was asked by the interviewer, The Beijing official answered for about a minute with much gesturing. The interpreter listened and translated "No"