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Tsipras' spoken english is very limited, it is unlikely he wrote this himself.
by randomname2 12y ago
Tsipras' spoken english is very limited, it is unlikely he wrote this himself.
- bnegreve 12y agoIt was probably translated from Greek, why is it a problem?
- titanomachy 12y agoYeah, it's reasonable that a leader should do all his writing in his native language and have it professionally translated. Why would it be any other way?
- anonymfus 12y agoProbably from German, translated from Greek.
- seliopou 12y agoNo politician ever writes their own Op-Eds, for any publication. That's what their staff, freelance ghostwriters, and political think tanks are there for.
- Zikes 12y agoThe article also says it was published in "a leading German language business newspaper", so it's likely it was translated into German as well as English. Still, I think it's fair to say he wrote it himself, so long as it's been accurately translated on his behalf.
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- jedp 12y agoDon't forget that they actually speak German in Germany, not English.
- wnevets 12y agoIm sure they also speak English quite well.
- jedp 12y agoIndeed they do (and far better than most English-speakers speak any foreign language). My point was that this has been professionally translated from Greek into many languages, beginning with German on January 13 (paywall, sadly). So there is no point in criticising the English of the original Greek author or authors.
- atmosx 12y agoHm, not the feeling I got. Scandinavian countries (and Cypriots but that's a special case) are way more fluent in English with a way better accent (better == clearer) than Germans I've met. And I've met a lot of both actually.
- atmosx 12y agoHm, we had a PM (Papandreou) who spoke very good English indeed. He didn't know how to speak Greek properly though and to tel you the truth, it bothered me a lot.