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Friday, September 25, 2009

Qadhafi's Interpreter Gave Up?

The New York Post, admittedly a tabloid fond of shouting headlines, says that Qadhafi's translator gave up (the paper says "collapsed") 75 minutes into Qadhafi's speech and a UN interpreter had to finish the job. Simultaneous translation of such a long, ranbling speech must be a challenge indeed.

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