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So Bill's comments are a translation of a translation? (English -> German -> English) Perhaps that's why they sound so unrealistic.
by wyday 17y ago
So Bill's comments are a translation of a translation? (English -> German -> English)
Perhaps that's why they sound so unrealistic.
- arrrg 17y agoI don’t think so. The linked transcript seems to be the real deal, the raw transcript of (a part of) the interview that was later translated for the magazine. The transcript sounds pretty natural (then again, I’m not a native English speaker) even if it might not fit the usual style of Gates. The German interview sounds a little strange (you immediately notice that it was translated). I don’t think it was translated by a very skilled translator. I guess the English version would sound quite a bit more strange if you translated the German interview again.