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Anyone fluent in spanish? Something on Assange. (Original Post) triron Jul 2018 OP
translated from your link blaze Jul 2018 #1
Click on the Spanish tweet and click "translate tweet" SHRED Jul 2018 #2
Exactly. MineralMan Jul 2018 #5
Translation: jpljr77 Jul 2018 #3
Google Translate did a pretty good job: MineralMan Jul 2018 #4
If you don't need word for word, I would have translated it this way DFW Jul 2018 #6
Evict his ass or throw him out the window........ Historic NY Jul 2018 #7
There is always Russia. Better yet Iliyah Jul 2018 #8
The translations in this post are fairly accurate. Tatiana Jul 2018 #9
That's the gist I got DFW Jul 2018 #11
Exactly -- an important point is this aspect of a deal. Tatiana Jul 2018 #12
HaaaaHaaaaa!! Twitter replies are spot on. Wwcd Jul 2018 #10

blaze

(6,359 posts)
1. translated from your link
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 12:48 PM
Jul 2018

Translated from Spanish by Microsoft
#TelediarioEC| @CEstarellasV: "My opinion is that asylum a @Assange was badly bestowed. Ecuador has not won anything because it #Inglaterra always denied safe conduct. Mr. Assange has done what he wanted inside the embassy in #Londres. "

MineralMan

(146,286 posts)
5. Exactly.
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 12:53 PM
Jul 2018

I see that four people have already done what the OP should have done and have posted the results. Google gets Spanish to English translation pretty darned well, as long as sentence aren't too complicated or idiomatic.


Still, I see Louise Mensch's name in there. That name can't be translated.

jpljr77

(1,004 posts)
3. Translation:
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 12:49 PM
Jul 2018

"My opinion is that the asylum to #Assange was badly granted. Ecuador has not won anything because #England always denied the safe conduct. Mr. Assange has done what he wanted inside the embassy in #London. "

MineralMan

(146,286 posts)
4. Google Translate did a pretty good job:
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 12:49 PM
Jul 2018

"My opinion is that the Assange asylum was badly granted. Ecuador has not won anything because England always denied the safe conduct. Mr. Assange has done what he wanted inside the embassy in London."

DFW

(54,354 posts)
6. If you don't need word for word, I would have translated it this way
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 12:55 PM
Jul 2018

"My opinion is that granting asylum to Assange was a bad deal. Ecuador got nothing out of this because England always denied him safe passage. Assange always did what he wanted while he was inside [our] London embassy."

*I used to live in Spain, and do not use a computer to translate Spanish, so I have no idea to what extent a machine can detect nuance or intent.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
8. There is always Russia. Better yet
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 12:57 PM
Jul 2018

Assange can go live with Greenwald in Ecuador.

Apparently, the Ecuadorian embassy is truly getting tired of him.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
9. The translations in this post are fairly accurate.
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 12:58 PM
Jul 2018

Based on the context, I think the commentator has said there was some bad faith going on with the decision to grant Assange asylum. The whole reason to do it was for Ecuador to get something in return. Instead, Assange has used them and done whatever the hell he wants to do inside the embassy.

Sounds like he might really get kicked out.

DFW

(54,354 posts)
11. That's the gist I got
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 01:04 PM
Jul 2018

It's different if you know enough Spanish not to need a translator. What the Telediario was seeming to imply is that Ecuador got the raw end of this bargain, as Assange was given the run of the place, and Ecuador got nothing for their generosity.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
12. Exactly -- an important point is this aspect of a deal.
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 01:08 PM
Jul 2018

According to this commentator, Ecuador was expecting to get something out of housing Assange and they never got it.

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