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> “Representatives of the competent US authorities were informed about the results of the operation,” the agency said. That’s a nice thing to say. Respect for
by doitLP 5y ago
> “Representatives of the competent US authorities were informed about the results of the operation,” the agency said.
That’s a nice thing to say. Respect for your adversary, trolling or mistranslation?
- d_watt 5y agoCompetent Authority is a legal term referring to the agency/group that has authority in the given area.
- xwolfi 5y agoUnderstand "relevant".
- kingofpandora 5y agoWhat's trolling about that?
- _RPL5_ 5y agoA poor translation. From Russian wikipedia [1]: """ Competent authorities are executive authorities endowed with jurisdiction and power to perform any specific tasks (“competence” here means “the right to make decisions”). """ [1] https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5...