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05-29-2006, 07:35 AM
Mark Steyn
The Jerusalem Post
29 May 06
Four years ago, The Economist ran a cover story on the winner of the Brazilian election, the socialist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. It was an event of great hemispherical significance. Hence the headline: "The Meaning Of Lula."
The following week, a Canadian reader, Asif Niazi, wrote to the magazine: "Sir, The meaning of Lula‚ in Urdu, is penis."
... An awful lot of geopolitics gets lost in translation, especially when you're not keeping up.
More (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1148482061265)
The Jerusalem Post
29 May 06
Four years ago, The Economist ran a cover story on the winner of the Brazilian election, the socialist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. It was an event of great hemispherical significance. Hence the headline: "The Meaning Of Lula."
The following week, a Canadian reader, Asif Niazi, wrote to the magazine: "Sir, The meaning of Lula‚ in Urdu, is penis."
... An awful lot of geopolitics gets lost in translation, especially when you're not keeping up.
More (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1148482061265)