We were warned how Russia would destroy the USA 62 years ago.

[sinkingfeeling]

[shanny]

1. Uh, lame, partially debunked and the rest out of context

Supposedly saying US would fall to communism and latertalking about burying us ECONOMICALLY. Neither happened.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Uh, no. I remember watching the TV and this is what the translators said.

You must have more than a single source to dispute his statement.

[shraby]

3. I remember the statement too.

Also his pounding the podium with a shoe and saying basically the same thing. We will bury you.

[Igel]

5. Yes, what he said can be translated that way.

And it works.

My brother buried his wife. He didn't kill her, of course, but he buried her.

The implication, though, is that he survived her. Otherwise he'd be the one being buried, or they'd be buried at about the same time.

It's the implication that the Russian phrase usually means.

Take the English, "he survived her." That has two meanings, right? The first is that he lived longer than her. The second is that she was such a horrible thing that it was an accomplishment to outlast her. He'd take great issue with the second interpretation, but it's a possible one. However, when speaking of somebody's death, to say that somebody "survived" the deceased simply means "is still alive."

The interpreter was technically right, but was a bit too literal--interpreters at highly charged international or business conferences tend to err on the side of literalness at the expense of likely meaning--if you get it wrong while trying to express the meaning, people'll ask for your decapitation, but if you err on the side of being technically correct, well, that's defensible ( ). I'd go with something like "we'll see you buried", which avoids admission of culpability while expressing some anticipation and even joy at the prospect of interment while being defensible, but simultaneous interpretation is one of the most cognitively demanding things I've ever engaged in. ("We'll see you dead and buried" sounds better to my ears, but it's riskier.)

[shanny]

6. I remember the phrase.

I also recall an economic context of capitalism (colonialism) v communism.

[oberliner]

7. His UN speech was in 1960

What you posted says this quote is from 1956.

[FreepFryer]

4. They haven't succeeded yet! Although the weakhearted seek company in the misery of sinking feelings.