Khadafy broke his personal translator


	Khadafy broke his personal translator

n2sooners

9-24-2009 10:10 PM

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libya, politics, united nations

n2sooners says:

Ajalyaqeen, who had to rescue the bealegured interpreter, was given the day off yesterday.

"Ten minutes with Khadafy earns you a lot of annual leave," one interpreter said.

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9-25-2009 1:11 AM

mona

He must have been exhausted. Simultaneous translation requires extremely high concentration ~ and he was probably poised for about 15~20 minutes, not an hour and a half!

9-25-2009 7:58 AM

inglesita

This is hilarious - worthy of The Onion. The translator "collapsed". Too funny.

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