• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      “In the past, it used to be rare for someone to be older than 70 and these days they say that at 70 one’s still a child,” Xi’s translator could be heard saying in Russian. An inaudible passage from Putin follows.

      It’s the BBC printing a translation of a rumor of a partial conversation from two world leaders their parent government hates. Might be worth taking this with a grain of salt.

      Nothing western press loves more than doing Ralph Wiggim tier headlines any time a National Enemy gets near a podium.

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        I agree, but they got the translation wrong. This is interesting because this is not uncommon due to the dialectical differences between Russian and Mandarin.

        When you listen to the actual audio clip, you will understand that it is said “one becomes child again”. It’s a sly dig at aging brains that doesn’t translate well when done literally. The nineteen eighty nine authoritarian response and slaughter of thousands of innocent civilians in response to the tiananmen square protests and xi being a winnie the pooh knob head is hilarious you authcino bootlicker if you don’t understand the cultural idiom component.