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Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts) Wed Dec 11, 2013, 03:58 PM Dec 2013

President Obama's Bilateral Meeting with President Santos of Colombia

Santos was at WH last week. Obama expressed support for peace process and Santos thanked Obama for US support of the process.

Santos speaks English well but chose to speak in Spanish.

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President Obama's Bilateral Meeting with President Santos of Colombia (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 Dec 2013 OP

Good presser! MADem Dec 2013 #1

but she did screw up actually about the World Cup Bacchus4.0 Dec 2013 #2

Ha! I didn't even notice that! nt MADem Dec 2013 #3

MADem

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1. Good presser!

Reply to Bacchus4.0 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 04:14 PM

Dec 2013

Santos was playing to the home audience; that's why he spoke Spanish...it's better, too, for clips of his comments to be played on UNIVISION and TELEMUNDO as well if he speaks Spanish.

The interpreter was pretty sharp--she was off camera but she had to be writing down his comments as he spoke--she was translating long trains of thought, there, and doing it quite accurately too.

Bacchus4.0

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2. but she did screw up actually about the World Cup

Reply to MADem (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 04:28 PM

Dec 2013

Santos said that he hopes that the US and Colombia don't meet in the 1st round and hoped they would meet at a later point in tournament. However, the interpreter said that he hoped the US and COlombia don't meet in the 1st round but look forward to eliminating the US later on. Santos was very diplomatic while the interpreter added a bit of antagonism to his response.

MADem

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3. Ha! I didn't even notice that! nt

Reply to Bacchus4.0 (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 04:38 PM

Dec 2013

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