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11-12-2006
Turkish TV subtitles and mistranslation
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Ankara, Turkey (TDN): How many times have we misunderstood each other's cultures, languages and intentions? How many words have been not only “lost” in translation but also “distorted” in translation? Anti-Westernists in the Middle East and Islamophobics in the West, regrettably, repetitively and doggedly speak with and within such “mistranslations.” Incited by their misperceptions, they react before they understand. They talk before they listen. They jump to conclusions before they fully probe ready-made assumptions.
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