April 30, 2007

Public service TV France 2 caught in anti-Sarkozy translation in the US

Posted at 09:04 | | 7 Comments

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Every day the France 2 (one of the largest public TV) news is broadcasted in the US in French with subtitles. The original sentence of Sarkozy was "I invite all the French to join forces with me" the translator wrote "to rally my inflated ego". via Jean-Marc Morandini [fr]

This is very funny! And a good publicity stunt.

ConanRay, April 30, 2007 at 11:31

What a dishonesty ! Trying to accredit the fact that public French TV France 2 tries to tarnish Mr. Sarkozy's image, whereas it's simply a bad joke made by a (probably American) translater that went through the checking process, that's a bit much !

Is there a single American that coud really believe a presidential candidate can express himself this way ? Or have they been stolen their brain ?

Such a manipulation is definitely reprehensible and miserable, but only deserves a big LOL (I guess the person who made it has already had some words with the boss, if not been fired). On the opposite when watching NSTV (Nicolas Sarkozy's TV), one laughs not so much.

In case of a bad translation (by a native French, me ;-) ) please refer to the original text below :

Quelle mauvaise foi ! Monter en épingle une lamentable blague de potache d'un traducteur (certainement américain, au passage) qui est passée à travers les filets d'une rédaction surmenée, pour faire croire à une manipulation du service public, c'est un peu fort !

Quel Américain normal pourrait croire qu'un candidat à la présidence s'exprime de cette façon ? Ou alors on les a tous décérébrés ?

La manipulation est certes condamnable et lamentable, mais ne mérite qu'un gros éclat de rire (et j'imagine que le traducteur a passé un sale quart d'heure, s'il n'a pas été viré illico). Par contre quand on voit NSTV, on rit beaucoup moins.

le paysan, April 30, 2007 at 11:33

En réponse au précédent commentaire,
Il faut dire que cela ne surprend pas de la part de France 2,

Dominique, April 30, 2007 at 13:17

More info after my first comment : the culprit HAS been fired, of course. Heard on French public radio (France Inter) today at 1:00 PM. But please don't mix up a bad joke with propaganda. If you want to see some, have a look there instead :

http://johnpaullepers.blogs.com/

and particularly "mardi 17 avril 2007"
(in French only, sorry)

le paysan, April 30, 2007 at 16:04

So much for objective news reporting. He'll probably end up working at Fox News - where he belongs.

marsha, May 01, 2007 at 06:38

Oh my god! Wath's the problem? it's not a rape. Nicolas will survive.

Bruno, May 03, 2007 at 16:44

I subscribe to TV5 and TV2 through Comcast Cable TV
and rely very much on translation for their nightly news. AT first I was not too happy to hear this, but then I know that there has been tension between Europe and the USA, so it should be taken with a grain of salt, and I just hope France and the USA will get along even better than before with this new and promising President ! Viva La France, Viva La America.! Tres Bien TV5 news !

Michael T Gehret, May 09, 2007 at 21:50

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