{"id":14689,"date":"2017-07-21T14:33:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T00:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=14689"},"modified":"2017-07-28T10:56:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T20:56:42","slug":"daily-show-on-overseas-media-interpreters-self-censorship-of-trumps-language-japanese-interpreter-plays-dumb-claims-no-way-to-express-grab-em-by-the-pussy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=14689","title":{"rendered":"Daily Show on overseas media interpreters’ self-censorship of Trump’s language: Japanese interpreter plays dumb, claims no way to express “grab ’em by the pu**y”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. \u00a0I’m trying to maintain my summer vacation (and a dry-out from the Internet for a little while), but every now and again I stumble across something interesting (what with this golden age of political comedy in the US), and here’s something indirectly Japan-related.<\/p>\n

Trevor Noah and company on the Daily Show make an interesting case about how Trump’s language, both in terms of content and syntax, is challenging for translators in other languages to render. \u00a0They make the point that the impact and nuance is often softened by translator self-censorship (or filling in the gaps with personal interpretations). \u00a0I understand well, having been in their situations more than once. \u00a0(And let me say here for the record: \u00a0I am not a trained interpreter, and I have had numerous debates with interpreters with accuracy versus diplomatic rendering of the language. \u00a0I fall on the side of total accuracy warts and all.) \u00a0Worth a watch:<\/p>\n