Svetlana Khorkina

[Susan Scotto]

Dear Elif,

I saw that interview and noticed several mistranslations.  I don't remember
the phrase you mention, but there were several cases where the subtitles were
slightly off or were not in any way related to what Khorkina said.  I'm
wondering whether she said some things during the full interview which were
cut in the final edit, but for which the subtitles remained.

Susan Scotto

Quoting Elif Batuman <alif at STANFORD.EDU>:

> Dear Seelangers,
>
> I was wondering whether any of you watched the NBC coverage of the women's
> all-round gymnastics in the Olympics?  There was an interview with
> Svetlana Khorkina, in which she is quoted as saying: "I want to win a gold
> medal as much as I want to mother my own child."  I was wondering - did
> anyone catch this phrase in Russian?  I looked online but could only find
> references to the English translation (I guess, since the interview was
> only aired by NBC).  I was actually wondering whether it might be a
> mistranslation(?).
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Elif Batuman
>
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