I feel like what he said was fine. What the interpreter said was fucked up.
But "I came to grope and I ain’t leaving" is pretty on brand for several of our presidents in the last 30 years.
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But “I came to grope and I ain’t leaving”
Pretty much US foreign policy, if you ask me.
But they are usually less open about it.
Wait, several? The most I can think of is 2 (because Bush, as terrible as he was, doesn't seem like the kind of guy to have this flaw).
The coked out, drunk frat boy vibe isn't a bit rapey? Also you know the whole credibly accused thing and questionable links to Epstein like a lot of politicians.
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Seymour, who reportedly had a daily rate of $150 for his translation services, lasted less than a day on the job before he was replaced.
$150 in 1977 is roughly $800 today. I don't think he charged enough for such an epic troll.
Ich bin ein berliner!
Which of course means “I’m a doughnut”
That's a myth. It roughly translates into: "I want to fuck and I'm not leaving."
I am always baffled that people still believe that myth.
Clearly, they're Pfannkuchen
That's a first rate ragebait for germans 😁
I just heard Eddie izzards bit on it and I love it
“…Omnibüs!” techno music
I tried to get a photo in front of the gate with a donught. Apparently it's just not a very popular pastry in Germany, or at least it wasn't at the time (not suprised given what I ate there... Don't know why you'd settle). IIRC even the dunkins nearby didn't have one.
And — while it's been said that Polish journalists exaggerated on this part — it was widely reported that Seymour also mistranslated the innocuous statement that Carter was happy to be in Poland to the much less innocent claim that he was "happy to grasp at Poland's private parts."
So was the translator polish or American? Because either he was an American that was bad at polish or a polish guy who was a huge troll.
Look at his name and take a wild guess.
Yeah that’s what I imagined but you never know. A guy who grew up in Poland but has an English speaking father with the last name Seymour sounds exactly like the kind of guy who would become a translator.
A guy who grew up in Poland would think twice before saying that Carter desires Polish people (in sexual sense) 😂
He's here to fuck and he's not leaving.
I absolutely love OOP's summary. One of the best posts in internet history.
Not the worst invasion they've seen.
And considering this was 1977, it might've been a welcome change from Moscow's loving embrace
Source?
That screenshot.
Not the Reddit link and not OP but
https://people.com/jimmy-carter-1977-poland-trip-nsfw-mistranslation-8643866
It would be nice to know, what exactly he said, as I am Polish.
Nothing very bad IMO 🤷 See for yourself: https://www.newsweek.pl/historia/wpadki-w-dyplomacji-wizyta-jimmyego-cartera-w-polsce/yyl67cx
The important bits:
“I left the United States this morning” => “left America for good to fly to Poland”
‘I have come to learn your opinions and understand your desires for the future’ => ‘I have come here because I desire you’.
Not the Reddit
Sorry, but, what Reddit link do you refer to?
The one in the screenshot. It says ”via Reddit”.
I’m guessing it’s on r/todayilearned
Oh. 🤦♂️ How did I miss that?
No worries. After you asked I thought… “wait, thats a xitter screenshot, I could have sworn it was Reddit…”
I had to re-read a few times before I noticed what I’d been talking about.
Tumblr, not Xitter. But yeah, my bad lol.
I'd be concerned if it was something bill clinton said.
I'd be intrigued
I can't judge; the only Polish words I can really say describe stuff like chairs, tables, armoires, that kind of thing. You know, furniture Polish.
Stół z powyłamywanymi nogami.
Epic! That is something you can't hear on a news cast nowadays.
Tbh I wouldn't be that surprised if trump said something similar in English.
"here we go again"
~~Reminds me of the famous "I am a jelly donut" line I think from JFK or whoever it was.~~
Edit: turns out its a myth! Another poster said it below but here's the page I found with the info: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-does-everybody-think-jfk-said-im-jelly-donut-180963779/
Ich bin ein Berliner. Yep, JFK.
It's a fun story, however I also found it really interesting after learning German that this is really overblown outside of Germany.
I once tried to reference it with German friends and they didn't even understand why it was supposed to be funny!
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