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    Reza Aslan‏Verified account @rezaaslan 20 Feb 2017
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    Reza Aslan Retweeted Mediaite

    It sounds stupid in English toohttps://twitter.com/mediaite/status/833751126226907136 …

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    MediaiteVerified account @Mediaite
    Interpreters Say They’re Vexed by ‘Trumpese’: If We Translated Trump Verbatim, ‘We Would…Sound Stupid’ http://bit.ly/2m55cmD  pic.twitter.com/sjPjIkhcPf
    11:01 AM - 20 Feb 2017
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      1. Bugl3t | #IMPEACHtheMF | #VoteBlueNoMatterWho‏ @Bugl3t 20 Feb 2017
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        - maybe they could get Palin in to translate? She speaks both Gibberish & WordSalad

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      2. Nadia H.G.‏ @Back2SchoolEpxo 20 Feb 2017
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        ah! Love it!!😂

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      1. Schrödinger's Trump: $775 per person per night‏ @SchrodngrsTrump 20 Feb 2017
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        If it sounds like you're murdering language, you know you have a good translation.

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      1. Pam Sheppard‏ @pmshpprd 20 Feb 2017
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        But he knows all the best words!

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      1. Shockratees  🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈 🐄‏ @ThatShockratees 20 Feb 2017
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        yes, someone needs to explain that if Trump sounds stupid, senseless and self-contradictory, they're translating CORRECTLY

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      1. Kevin McCarty‏ @kevinmac54 20 Feb 2017
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        Then by all means translate verbatim! Do not do him the favor of cleaning up that gobbledegook!!

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      1. W‏ @YourBoss01 20 Feb 2017
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        hahahaha

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      1. Mo #NotMyPresident‏ @Hsewvs_n_pols 20 Feb 2017
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        he IS stupid....just stupid

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      1. introvertible‏ @mattsuede 20 Feb 2017
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        sounds stupid = is stupid because really, look at the source.

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      1. Markus Bredel‏ @MarkusBredel 20 Feb 2017
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        It doesn´t only "sound" like that, does it?

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      1. Julie Bartlett‏ @JulieLynn150 20 Feb 2017
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        Because it doesn't translate into any recognizable language. Any similarity to English is merely coincidental.

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      1. Bill Horton‏ @BillHorton17 20 Feb 2017
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        I think translators should power through, look foolish doing it, but translate verbatim.

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      1. Kenneth‏ @KennyR2144 21 Feb 2017
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        I agree.

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      1. Baig‏ @aabaig79 21 Feb 2017
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        ' I'm tremendously stupid, believe me. Huge!'

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