@emptywheel His English is def. not good enough to write it. Watch him speak in PREPARED speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aNo3DxWaW4 …
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@joelgillin Egads. Right out of a bad spy movie. Thanks. - End of conversation
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@emptywheel full disclosure: I'm a translator & interpreter. It is a point of pride to render translations as good as the original. -
@ShunraCat But I've read a lot of VERY good translations from Slavic (Czech). That reads like it was written in English. -
@emptywheel@ShunraCat I can make a Hebrew text sing like it was written in the heartland of America (whatever era and register you pick) -
@emptywheel@ShunraCat and vice versa. Like the lady said, it's what we do. Not always - sometimes you wanna leave it a tad foreign 4 reader -
@emptywheel@ShunraCat But that's mostly true in literary.
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@emptywheel professional translators (and interpreters) spend lifetimes getting translations to reflect the nuances of the source.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel How about that Bible?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@j03_2 I'm guessing a gun-for-hire, NY PR firm.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel If he's willing to look around and pay well he can find a translator who makes it read at least as well as the original.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Maybe ghost written based on general principles articulated by Putin?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Generally by having native English speaker polish. Doesn't have to be someone at paper. Plenty of speechwriters for hire.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Perhaps he has an American ghostwriter. Oh and here's a video of Putin singing in English. http://youtu.be/ekeq4szDmJoThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel his English is passable from what I've read. Piece was probably polished by the Foreign Ministry and maybe a PR firmThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel ANYTHING to discredit him.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Got a Columbia grad to edit it?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel apparently the New York Times hasn't fired all of its copy editors, yet.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel whatever PR or lobbying firm the Russian Federation retained.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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