So sad, farewell to the legend 'Grank Friffin' as he was known to some. To echo Ron&Linda's remark, I remember being at a Summer German in a conversation between a German, a Frenchman, a Dutchman, an Englishman (me) and think another nationality (aps as I cannot remember which), nobody was comfortable speaking anybody else's language, Frank casually stood there on the fly translating each of the comments to each of the participants, this went on for around 20 minutes. At the end I spoke to 'Grank' about this as I was in awe of his language talent, he commented that at least he didn't have to also use his Russian or Ancient Greek, he knew others as well I believe!!
He brushed it all off as, "I just seem to be able to pick up languages", so why not do it. I was stunned, remarking that me being a Brummie, I struggle with English!