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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do translations of “official” statements in russian always look like beuracratic gobbledygook. It’s like words don’t have any meaning. I understand the point of the above statement from the mayor, but it’s very weird. Does it just not translate? Is it lost in translation? [/quote] Anything you translate word for word from Russian (and many other languages) is going to be a mess. They have tenses, grammar rules and declinations that English does not. So, you can translate the exact word, or you can translate the meaning of the statement. But, if you translate the meaning of something so politically charged, you open yourself up to accusations of bias in your translation. So, gobbledegook it is. [/quote]
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