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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Dumitrescu, Domnita
[mailto:ddumitr@exchange.calstatela.edu] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, December 02, 2002
3:26 PM<br>
</span></font><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I agree
with you, he might have been better the other way around, and I don't
understand either why things were done half way only. Thanks!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----Original
Message-----</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From: McGinnis, Scott [<a
href="mailto:smcginnis@nflc.org">mailto:smcginnis@nflc.org</a>]</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sent: </span></font><st1:date
Month="12" Day="2" Year="2002"><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Monday,
December 02, 2002</span></font></st1:date><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font><st1:time Hour="11" Minute="55"><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>11:55 AM</span></font></st1:time> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>To: heritage-list@Glue.umd.edu</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject: Response to Commentary:
Bush's translator in Romania</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sensitivity: Confidential</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:
Kathryn_Good@brown.edu [<a href="mailto:Kathryn_Good@brown.edu">mailto:Kathryn_Good@brown.edu</a>]
</span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sent: </span></font><st1:date
Month="12" Day="1" Year="2002"><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sunday,
December 01, 2002</span></font></st1:date><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font><st1:time Hour="11" Minute="44"><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>11:44 AM</span></font></st1:time> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Many
thanks for this email. Before heading off to ACTFL sessions in</span></font>
<br>
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Salt</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Lake</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, I watched the broadcast of the
President's speech. I noted</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>that most of the young Romanians in
the crowd reacted to Bush's words as</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>he spoke them in English. It
was a credit to English language</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>instruction in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Romania</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> and a stark contrast to the preceding
minutes</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>when the Romanian hosts had spoken
at length welcoming Bush, etc. SANS</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>translation. Since I do not
speak Romanian, I am left with no</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>translation. I am certain
that Bush's word were not the only important</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ones spoken this day, and ashamed
of the American press and government</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>for so blatantly disregarding their
host nation's remarks. It surely</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>would have been interesting to hear
what </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Romania</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> had to say as they</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>entered a new alliance.
Perhaps the skills of Bush's translator would</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>have been stronger going from
Romanian to English. It is a shame he</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>wasn't asked to try.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Kathryn
Good</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Director </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Intensive English Language Programs</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Brown University </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> From:
"smcginnis@nflc.org" <smcginnis@nflc.org></span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Date: 2002/12/01 Sun AM
10:44:07 EST</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> To: heritage-list@Glue.umd.edu</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Subject: Commentary: Bush's
translator in Romania</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> From: Dumitrescu, Domnita
ddumitr@exchange.calstatela.edu</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002
17:15:04 -0800</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I felt the need to share with
you my frustration, and that of many</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Romanian-Americans, who
listened to the speech Bush gave in Bucharest</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>last</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Saturday, and to the
monumental errors the translator made. I was</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>indeed</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> puzzled, and furious, because </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Romania</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> has plenty of very skilled</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>conference</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> translators fluent in perfect
English, but I was told that the Bush</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> delegation brought its own
translator from the States. I don't know</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>who he</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> was, but if there is any way
to let somebody up there know about the</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>kind of</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> job he did, please let that
person know it was just terrible! My</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> ex-colleagues at the </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> of </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Bucharest</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> cannot stop wondering how</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>this</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> could happen and laughing at
translations like: going to war "hip to</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>hip"</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> instead of going
"shoulder to shoulder", just because the sounds of</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>the</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> English word "shoulder"
are similar to the sounds of the English word</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>"hip".</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> And there are many examples of
impossible syntactic constructions and</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> undertranslations, like when
Bush says that he is "honored" to be</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>there, in</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> that "great"
country, and the translator says that he wanted "to be</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>there in</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> that country." I have a
full list of things like that.</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I am telling you this just
because Romanian is another heritage</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>language in</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>America</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, and it's a shame that "the most
powerful country in the</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>world"</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> cannot find a decent
translator to do the job, just like when they did</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>not</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> have Pashto translators for
the documnents before 9/11.</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Thanks for listening,</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Domnita Dumitrescu, PhD</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Professor of Spanish
Linguistics</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Department of Modern Languages
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