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Trump's way of speaking is a nightmare for translators



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    Genericgamer667 1 month ago#1
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/06/trump-translation-interpreters

    His idiosyncratic take on the English language is causing trouble for interpreters around the world. In Asia, where the middle classes pride themselves on their English ability, Trump’s fumbles are widely mocked. But translating Trump for almost two-thirds of the world’s population is causing chaos among translators.

    When reports emerged of Trump’s justification for firing FBI director James Comey, interpreters in Japan were confronted with a tricky question: how to translate “nut job” in a way that would be suitable for broadcast.

    They settled on henjin – a word more commonly used to describe an oddball or eccentric – having decided that the alternative, atama ga warui (stupid) was inappropriate for someone of Comey’s stature.


    “Donald Trump is difficult to make sense of, even in English,” said Anshuman Tiwari, editor of IndiaToday, a Hindi magazine. “His speech is unclear, and sometimes he contradicts himself or rambles or goes off on a tangent. Capturing all that confusion in writing, in Hindi, is not easy,” he added.

    “To get around it, usually we avoid quoting Trump directly. We paraphrase what he has said because conveying those jumps in his speech, the way he talks, is very difficult. Instead, we summarise his ideas and convey his words in simple Hindi that will make sense to our readers.”


    TBH It's hard for me to understand him even in English
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    50inchDLP 1 month ago#2
    The shouldnt be worrying about our president. I know I dont give a hoot about theirs and rightfully so. All these liberal translators are just mad that clinton lost and showed them who is who. I aint got no troubles knowing what is it trump is saying and only a liberal would complain.
    Tamamo-no-mae 1 month ago#3
    "stupid" isn't quite right, while strictly accurate to the literal sentiment a closer translation syntax wise would be "soft in the head".
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    feudel 1 month ago#4
    50inchDLP posted...
    The shouldnt be worrying about our president. I know I dont give a hoot about theirs and rightfully so. All these liberal translators are just mad that clinton lost and showed them who is who. I aint got no troubles knowing what is it trump is saying and only a liberal would complain.


    brings up hillary trying to troll lololololol
    ????????
    omega bahumat 1 month ago#5
    50inchDLP posted...
    The shouldnt be worrying about our president. I know I dont give a hoot about theirs and rightfully so. All these liberal translators are just mad that clinton lost and showed them who is who. I aint got no troubles knowing what is it trump is saying and only a liberal would complain.

    This is for diplomatic relationships mate. Has zero to do with liberals or Hillary.
    feudel 1 month ago#6
    omega bahumat posted...
    50inchDLP posted...
    The shouldnt be worrying about our president. I know I dont give a hoot about theirs and rightfully so. All these liberal translators are just mad that clinton lost and showed them who is who. I aint got no troubles knowing what is it trump is saying and only a liberal would complain.

    This is for diplomatic relationships mate. Has zero to do with liberals or Hillary.



    dont worry this guy blames his issues on white rich liberal college boys.
    ????????
    wally 1 month ago#7
    50inchDLP posted...
    The shouldnt be worrying about our president. I know I dont give a hoot about theirs and rightfully so. All these liberal translators are just mad that clinton lost and showed them who is who. I aint got no troubles knowing what is it trump is saying and only a liberal would complain.

    Even as a troll attempt, this was a remarkably dumb post.
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    50inchDLP 1 month ago#8
    Trolling for s***. You know the whole rotten world is against trump (at least those in power) because a strong USA rids the world of evil. I was talking with a guy at work and I and he both said the same thing. The world wanted rotten clinton to weaken us and make us look like fools getting our strings pulled to dance for them. Now we got a strong leader that dont give in to these people and its got them fit to bust. Every little thing trump does is a news story. Well I got a head line for them "trump won so hows them apples"
    Tamamo-no-mae 1 month ago#9
    50inchDLP posted...
    Trolling for s***. You know the whole rotten world is against trump (at least those in power) because a strong USA rids the world of evil. I was talking with a guy at work and I and he both said the same thing. The world wanted rotten clinton to weaken us and make us look like fools getting our strings pulled to dance for them. Now we got a strong leader that dont give in to these people and its got them fit to bust. Every little thing trump does is a news story. Well I got a head line for them "trump won so hows them apples"

    you sound super insecure, is it because of the investigation? yea, it's probably because of the investigation. worried that your precious god emperor is gonna get found out for a fraud?
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    Sojy 1 month ago#10
    “To get around it, usually we avoid quoting Trump directly. We paraphrase what he has said because conveying those jumps in his speech, the way he talks, is very difficult. Instead, we summarise his ideas and convey his words in simple Hindi that will make sense to our readers.”

    Honestly as soon as I read the topic title I figured, "Yeah, they probably have to improvise."
    atmasabr 1 month ago#11
    "When reports emerged of Trump’s justification for firing FBI director James Comey, interpreters in Japan were confronted with a tricky question: how to translate “nut job” in a way that would be suitable for broadcast."

    ??? "Nut job" isn't idiosyncratic. It's idiomatic.

    "Nut job" means crazy, the same as "nutcase". Eccentric is really only part of the meaning.
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    Heineken14 1 month ago#12
    Tamamo-no-mae posted...
    you sound super insecure, is it because of the investigation?


    He gets salty anytime someone criticizes his rich republican overlords. It's all he cares about in this world, is rich people being able to f*** over the common person.
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    CODITH 1 month ago#13
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    InfiniteMick 1 month ago#14
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    KYOJIROKAGENUMA 1 month ago#15
    50inchDLP posted...
    The shouldnt be worrying about our president. I know I dont give a hoot about theirs and rightfully so. All these liberal translators are just mad that clinton lost and showed them who is who. I aint got no troubles knowing what is it trump is saying and only a liberal would complain.


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    InfiniteMick 1 month ago#16
    50inchDLP posted...
    The shouldnt be worrying about our president. I know I dont give a hoot about theirs and rightfully so. All these liberal translators are just mad that clinton lost and showed them who is who. I aint got no troubles knowing what is it trump is saying and only a liberal would complain.

    "'kids these days have it too easy' said the generation that could buy a house on a wage from unskilled work at age 21"
    Metua 1 month ago#17
    50inchDLP posted...
    liberal translators

    lmao
    hoax123 1 month ago#18
    Cant be true, Trump knows words, the best words, bigly.
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    Porunga 1 month ago#19
    When translating "nut job", I would think that "insane" or "crazy" would be the closest and most fitting replacement.
    DeltaRayquaza 1 month ago#20
    He can't finish a thought, he's just full of incoherent babble.
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    davyheinz 1 month ago#21
    Interesting stuff, makes sense.

    Lmao @ weak trolling by DLP
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    impatient 1 month ago#22
    50inchDLP posted...
    a strong USA rids the world of evil.


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    mrplainswalker 1 month ago#23
    When you guys constantly quote him, it kind of makes my ignore pointless.
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    trulyreal 1 month ago#24
    Feel for them. It's hard to translate a 4 year old.
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    Sub Tank 1 month ago#25
    I guess technically language is part of the establishment.
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    SMEDIA 1 month ago#26
    I wonder what the translators did with covfefe?
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