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I think most of us who have lived here for any length of time are aware that Google Translate, while passing fair with mainstream Castellano, does not handle the local dialect at all well. But this morning I came across a particularly amusing example that I just had to share with you all.
The story is here -
www.pagina12.com.ar
- about the charges against Cristina being dismissed because there was (obviously) no crime.
First, the word "fallo", which in this context means "decision", was translated as "failure". To those who disagree, that might seem appropriate.
But the part that made me howl was that the word "camaristas", referring to judges Gustavo Hornos and Mariano Borinsky, was translated as "chambermaids". I suspect that the correct translation would have been something like "members of the chamber".
It just seemed to me that, given the attitude of the Argentine upper middle class toward domestic servants, those worthies would have been somewhat indignant to be called chambermaids. I hope at least some of you are as amused as I was.
Chambermaids, indeed. I have heard the Supreme Court disparagingly refered to as "Inodoro Py", but chambermaids is a new one to me.
The story is here -
El sobreseimiento de Cristina Kirchner en la causa del Memorándum: Todas las preguntas y respuestas para entenderlo | Ante el ataque de la oposición política y mediática
Las razones de la justicia federal para ordenar el sobreseimiento de la vicepresidenta Cristina Kirchner, el fallecido excanciller Héctor Timerman y todos los imputados en la causa.
First, the word "fallo", which in this context means "decision", was translated as "failure". To those who disagree, that might seem appropriate.
But the part that made me howl was that the word "camaristas", referring to judges Gustavo Hornos and Mariano Borinsky, was translated as "chambermaids". I suspect that the correct translation would have been something like "members of the chamber".
It just seemed to me that, given the attitude of the Argentine upper middle class toward domestic servants, those worthies would have been somewhat indignant to be called chambermaids. I hope at least some of you are as amused as I was.
Chambermaids, indeed. I have heard the Supreme Court disparagingly refered to as "Inodoro Py", but chambermaids is a new one to me.
