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2023-01-24 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

European armies are preparing to invade Russia

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Posted by badanov 2023-01-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 Thanks, badanov, for sharing this prime grade reporting from RIA Novosti. I give it a 3.5 on the Juche Meter -- it lost points for no "boiling in seas of fire".

Posted by magpie 2023-01-24 01:25|| 2023-01-24 01:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Putin's pivot in Ukraine will bring about permanent war in Europe

"Nice flanks on that tank"

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-24 08:25|| 2023-01-24 08:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Direct Translation via Google Translate

The accuracy of machine translation is challenged by idiomatic phrasing. Google generally provides a colloquial rendition rather than a more formalized structure.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-24 08:47|| 2023-01-24 08:47|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ As in: "Ukraine is here we help, and here we wrap the fish."

Posted by Frank G 2023-01-24 09:32|| 2023-01-24 09:32|| Front Page Top

#5 My favorite is the Russian "to grass someone" which is an idiom for tattling on them to the cops. Ran into that several times in some translated Russian to American Fantasy novels... It took some time to figure out what it meant from context.

Posted by magpie 2023-01-24 10:38|| 2023-01-24 10:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Grassing is English slang. Could it be that the translator was British rather than American, magpie?

Posted by trailing wife 2023-01-24 12:23|| 2023-01-24 12:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Germany sends in the tanks: Olaf Scholz FINALLY agrees to send crucial Leopard 2 armoured vehicles to Ukraine and allow other countries to do so, following international pressure

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-24 14:30|| 2023-01-24 14:30|| Front Page Top

#8 What European armies? Most of these exist only on paper (looking at you, Germany).

Posted by Angstrom 2023-01-24 17:53|| 2023-01-24 17:53|| Front Page Top

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