Other problems for the translator have included how to convince young Japanese readers of the efficacy of adding milk and sugar to tea, a process somewhat incomprehensible to those more used to green tea. (p. 29)

The last [Swedish] words, however, rest with Nancy, whose "Shiver my timbers!" is now "Splittra mina spant!" (p. 44)

The [Danish] translator has also made the mistake of believing that the verb to tack refers to zig-zag sewing and has missed the nautical association altogether! (p. 46)

Nancy's favourite German expression is "Fock und Klüver!", a pretty good translation of "Jibbooms and Bobstays!" Peggy's reluctance to help break down the door of the junk causes Nancy to call her not a galoot but a much more appropriate "Hasenfuß" - lily-livered, literally "hare-footed". (p. 69)