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> He didn't call them terrorists, that was a translation error that inflammatory media outlets didn't bother to correct. Where do you think the mistranslation
by speakeron 11y ago
> He didn't call them terrorists, that was a translation error that inflammatory media outlets didn't bother to correct.
Where do you think the mistranslation happened? Here's the text (in Spanish) from the El Mundo interview. My Spanish isn't great, but it seems quite clear:
(El Mundo) Aunque no haya encuestas, en las calles de Atenas lo que se siente es que la gente cada día que pasa tiene más miedo.
(Varoufakis) Sí, así es. Lo que están haciendo con Grecia tiene un nombre: terrorismo
(El Mundo) ¿De verdad piensa que lo que están haciendo con Grecia es terrorismo?
(Varoufakis) Por supuesto que lo pienso: es terrorismo. ¿Por qué nos han forzado a cerrar los bancos? Para insuflar el miedo en la gente. Y cuando se trata de extender el terror, a ese fenómeno se le llama terrorismo. Pero confío en que el miedo no gane.
- kilburn 11y agoHere's a quick translation: (El Mundo) Even though there are no polls, what you feel in Athen's streets is that people is more scared every day. (Varoufakis) Yes, that's it. What they are doing to Greece has a name: terrorism. (El Mundo) Do you really think that what they are doing to Greece is terrorism? (Varoufakis) Of course I think so: it is terrorism. Why did they force us to close our banks? (They did so) To instill fear into people. And when the objective is to spread terror, that phenomenon is called terrorism. But I have faith in that fear won't win. --- My personal stance is that he did indeed call their counterparties terrorists. However, he carefully distinguished them from "violent terriorists" such as ISIS et al. Which kind of terrorists are actually more harmful in the long run... that's a matter for personal opinion.
- digi_owl 11y agoA couple of other terms that could have been used was "spreading FUD" and racketeering (nice nation you have there, would be sad to see anything bad happen to it...). But the guy have a penchant for not mincing words...
- icebraining 11y agoDoes Varoufakis speak Spanish, or is that itself a translation? Because El Mundo is also a media outlet.