In Meilah 17b there's a story about a shed (שד) named Ben-Temalion who assisted Rashbi. Rashi there writes: "בן תמליון - שד שקורין נוטיו"ן". Translation: Ben-Temalion - a type of shed called a "nutiun". According to this list of la'azei Rashi: "nutiun - little demon". How did Rashi know that...

In hilchot Tefillah (12:12) in the Mishneh Torah, the Rambam outlines certain passages in the Torah that a metargem is not allowed to translate in public. Seemingly, in the time of the Rambam, a translator would be allowed to verbally translate the Torah verse by verse as it was read out in publi...