Clinton, Lavrov Push Wrong Reset Button On Ties -- ReutersGENEVA (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a red "reset button" to symbolize improved ties, but the gift drew smiles as the word "reset" was mistranslated into the Russian for "overcharge."
"I would like to present you with a little gift that represents what President Obama and Vice President Biden and I have been saying and that is: 'We want to reset our relationship and so we will do it together," said Clinton, presenting Lavrov with a palm-sized yellow box with a red button.
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My Comment: It appears that U.S. State Department officials do not speak and/or understand Russian. Oh boy ..... this is not a good sign.
3 comments:
First, the folks on the State Department's Russia Desk DO speak Russian, but did NOT provide the word for the button.
Second, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, since you spelled both State and Department incorrectly.
Guilty as charged. I sometimes type to fast, and I do not go back to check my spelling. Spelling and grammar has been corrected.
Second. I do know that there are many in the State Department who speak Russian. I have met a few of them in the past few years. It is just that it is uncharacteristic that the people in Sec. of State Clinton's entourage make mistakes like this one.
As a result .... I worry that there are other more serious errors that we may not know about.
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