Comments on: Lost in Translation http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/ Not about wood or vegetables Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:22:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: sam_m http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-731 sam_m Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:22:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-731 larry teabag: <br/>"I guess it's an argument about just how insane Ahmedinejad really is."<br/>I'd caution against using a translation / cross cultural analysis to question the sanity of a country's leader. But then, I think of how Blair sounds in English, leave alone in Farsi... larry teabag:
“I guess it’s an argument about just how insane Ahmedinejad really is.”
I’d caution against using a translation / cross cultural analysis to question the sanity of a country’s leader. But then, I think of how Blair sounds in English, leave alone in Farsi…

]]> By: Larry Teabag http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-725 Larry Teabag Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:14:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-725 I guess it's an argument about just how insane Ahmedinejad really is. He's obviously pretty barking, but is he - as the hawks claim - really so mad as to want to turn the entire region into a radioactive desert?<br/><br/>Are his ambitions simply to be the world's most well-equipped suicide bomber?<br/><br/>I don't think the evidence supports that view, but if it is true then every Muslim country in the region has just as great a vested interest in stopping him as Israel does. I guess it’s an argument about just how insane Ahmedinejad really is. He’s obviously pretty barking, but is he - as the hawks claim - really so mad as to want to turn the entire region into a radioactive desert?

Are his ambitions simply to be the world’s most well-equipped suicide bomber?

I don’t think the evidence supports that view, but if it is true then every Muslim country in the region has just as great a vested interest in stopping him as Israel does.

]]> By: Osama Saeed http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-718 Osama Saeed Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:20:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-718 MEMRI are an organisation that were created to give the most pro-Israeli tranlations possible from the Muslim world. They've produced some outragoeusly twisted quotes in the past, but even they came nowhere near the "wiped off the map" rubbish - <a HREF="http://www.osamasaeed.org/osama/2006/06/wiping_good_tra.html" REL="nofollow">here's </a> their take. MEMRI are an organisation that were created to give the most pro-Israeli tranlations possible from the Muslim world. They’ve produced some outragoeusly twisted quotes in the past, but even they came nowhere near the “wiped off the map” rubbish - here’s their take.

]]> By: Katherine http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-717 Katherine Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:29:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-717 Unfortunately, translation "gliches" are sometimes used to excuse appalling behaviour - a la the Putin comment about being envious of a certain politician and his dubious relations with certain women. I believe the word "rape" was, erm, "mistranslated"...<br/><br/>Is it not possible that he really did mean what the translation said? Just a thought. Unfortunately, translation “gliches” are sometimes used to excuse appalling behaviour - a la the Putin comment about being envious of a certain politician and his dubious relations with certain women. I believe the word “rape” was, erm, “mistranslated”…

Is it not possible that he really did mean what the translation said? Just a thought.

]]> By: Neil Craig http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-715 Neil Craig Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:36:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-715 One of the convenient thaings about foreigners is that the speak in other languages which can usually be translated, even ligitiamtely, with many nuances. This make it easier for the media to wind us up. I understand that Kruschev's "we will bury you" could equally be translated as we will mourn the inevitable end of capitalism" & that "iron lady" also translares in a less ladylike way. One of the convenient thaings about foreigners is that the speak in other languages which can usually be translated, even ligitiamtely, with many nuances. This make it easier for the media to wind us up. I understand that Kruschev’s “we will bury you” could equally be translated as we will mourn the inevitable end of capitalism” & that “iron lady” also translares in a less ladylike way.

]]> By: Sunny http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-714 Sunny Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:21:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-714 I love the strawman disclaimers. So damn necessary these days. Good post! I love the strawman disclaimers. So damn necessary these days. Good post!

]]> By: Grant Thoms http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-713 Grant Thoms Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:44:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-713 Any nuclear attack on Israel is likely to have fallout for most of the Middle East making it inhabitable for decades if not centuries... however, it's more like that an American accidental bombing in Iran could do just that which is why Bliar is pulling the troops out now! Any nuclear attack on Israel is likely to have fallout for most of the Middle East making it inhabitable for decades if not centuries… however, it’s more like that an American accidental bombing in Iran could do just that which is why Bliar is pulling the troops out now!

]]> By: CuriousHamster http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-712 CuriousHamster Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:56:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-712 Oops, thanks olly. I've corrected it. <br/><br/>Getting the Hitchens' brothers confused, particularly on foreign policy, is not good. Oops, thanks olly. I’ve corrected it.

Getting the Hitchens’ brothers confused, particularly on foreign policy, is not good.

]]> By: OllyOnions http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-711 OllyOnions Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:46:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-711 surely Christopher Hitchens? surely Christopher Hitchens?

]]> By: septicisle. http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-710 septicisle. Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:44:00 +0000 http://www.sticksandcarrots.net/2007/02/26/lost-in-translation/#comment-710 Good post. Everyone seems to ignore the fact that an attack on Israel, especially a nuclear one, would end up killing almost as many Palestinians as it would Israelis. I somehow doubt Iran wants to go down in history as destroying/making historic Palestine uninhabitable. Good post. Everyone seems to ignore the fact that an attack on Israel, especially a nuclear one, would end up killing almost as many Palestinians as it would Israelis. I somehow doubt Iran wants to go down in history as destroying/making historic Palestine uninhabitable.

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