Back And Forward -- ...and tougher translators

Back And Forward -- ...and tougher translators

In response to the Minister of Economics and Fiscal Policy, Hiroko Ota’s assertion that Japan may no longer be considered a “first class economy,” Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was quoted by the Nikkei’s English edition as saying, “There are super-duper parts in the economy. But there are also some parts that are not so good. I think Minister Ota ventured to make the remarks to uplift the nation’s spirit.” One wonders if the translation industry is being super-duper with its tongue in cheek...

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