There's a wonderful novel by Javier Marías, A Heart So White, where the opening focuses on a simultaneous translator at a meeting between a thinly disguised Jos

There's a wonderful novel by Javier Marías, A Heart So White, where the opening focuses on a simultaneous translator at a meeting between a thinly disguised José María Aznar and Margaret Thatcher. He starts to take small liberties with the translation of what "Aznar" is saying, watching reaction of "Thatcher"'s female translator, each time taking slightly bigger liberties because she doesn't say what's happening. It's a lovely portrait of a risky, silent conspiracy, all in the name of testing boundaries rather than ulterior political motives.