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The importance of a correct translation

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In the YouTube video below, the interpreter did not correctly translate what the reporter was saying. This is an (admittedly very extreme) example of why it is very important to translate correctly when one is in the position of interpreter.

The woman (apparently, in Portugese) said something more along the line of: "A man is stronger than a woman, so how long would it take for a woman to choke someone?"

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