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'Meteorites' is a mis-translation for artillery or missiles I assume.

by Luc 5y ago

quantum_mcts 5y ago
No, literally "meteorite" in original text. It is used as an example of a completely implausible event.
- Luc 5y ago
  I don't think so, nobody's (yet) "attacking prisons with meteorites". "And later out of nowhere they really do drop a meteor and wait for everything to be according to your analysis" But perhaps it's a metaphor rather than a mis-translation.
  - quantum_mcts 5y ago
    Yes, it is a metaphor. I know that because I speak Russian and read the original. Indeed, that's a weird metaphor even for a Russian ear.
    - Luc 5y ago
      This https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1500301354358636546 https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1500301354358636546 suggests that prison = Russia, meteorite = sanctions.
newby 5y ago
I see the word "метеорита" in the original source, which is indeed meteorite (+ declension). I do not think it could be mistranslated as artillery or missile, although I am not a native Russian speaker (I had to learn Russian at school for 3 or 4 years and I have forgotten most of it, it was a long time ago). I think the writer was going for a metaphor, a made up example of being tasked with preparing for something considered so improbable that the preparation was de-prioritized.
d1sxeyes 5y ago
More likely this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UR-77_Meterorit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UR-77_Meterorit, but in the Russian it's still not clear. The translation is not perfect, I tried to improve it a bit below: > Вас просят (условно) рассчитать возможность правозащиты в разных условиях, включая атаку тюрем метеоритами. Вы уточняете про метеориты, Вам говорят - это так, перестраховка для расчетов, ничего такого не будет They ask you (hypothetically) to work out the probability that human rights could be protected in various circumstances, including using meteorites to attack prisons. You try to clarify about the meteorites, they tell you it's just to be confident in the estimations, nothing like this would actually happen.
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'Meteorites' is a mis-translation for artillery or missiles I assume.

by Luc 5y ago

'Meteorites' is a mis-translation for artillery or missiles I assume.

quantum_mcts 5y ago

No, literally "meteorite" in original text. It is used as an example of a completely implausible event.

Luc 5y ago
I don't think so, nobody's (yet) "attacking prisons with meteorites". "And later out of nowhere they really do drop a meteor and wait for everything to be according to your analysis" But perhaps it's a metaphor rather than a mis-translation.
- quantum_mcts 5y ago
  Yes, it is a metaphor. I know that because I speak Russian and read the original. Indeed, that's a weird metaphor even for a Russian ear.
  - Luc 5y ago
    This https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1500301354358636546 https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1500301354358636546 suggests that prison = Russia, meteorite = sanctions.

newby 5y ago

I see the word "метеорита" in the original source, which is indeed meteorite (+ declension). I do not think it could be mistranslated as artillery or missile, although I am not a native Russian speaker (I had to learn Russian at school for 3 or 4 years and I have forgotten most of it, it was a long time ago). I think the writer was going for a metaphor, a made up example of being tasked with preparing for something considered so improbable that the preparation was de-prioritized.

d1sxeyes 5y ago

More likely this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UR-77_Meterorit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UR-77_Meterorit, but in the Russian it's still not clear. The translation is not perfect, I tried to improve it a bit below: > Вас просят (условно) рассчитать возможность правозащиты в разных условиях, включая атаку тюрем метеоритами. Вы уточняете про метеориты, Вам говорят - это так, перестраховка для расчетов, ничего такого не будет They ask you (hypothetically) to work out the probability that human rights could be protected in various circumstances, including using meteorites to attack prisons. You try to clarify about the meteorites, they tell you it's just to be confident in the estimations, nothing like this would actually happen.

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