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Why Interpreters Have A Hard Time Translating Trump
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
President Trump's first overseas trip, in the past few days, has emphasized the role of interpreters.
The president speaks like almost no one else on earth - short sentences but also sentence fragments, a stream of consciousness and, as the president himself once said, quote, "the best words."
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:
So how do you put all of that into another language?
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Siavash Ardalan is among those who try.
SIAVASH ARDALAN: The language of diplomacy, there's very little ambiguity in it. It's very easy to translate from one language to another. The problem comes about when someone speaks in a different language than the language of the common man.
INSKEEP: Ardalan has interpreted many President Trump events for BBC Persian TV.
ARDALAN: He uses a lot of synonymous terms to describe a sentiment.
Like, when he says something is...
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Terrific...
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