Author Topic: Putin - man of the year (Read 843 times)

Boroda · « **on:** December 19, 2007, 01:27:27 PM »

After Stalin (JVS) was a man of the year in 1942 (IIRC) - now we have VVP.

An interview to Times magazine:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1690757_1695787,00.html - a link in Eng from Times magazine.

http://www.kreml.org/interview/168576392 - a link with Russian original

Reading it now, some things are awesome. He's at least as good in PR as JVS. I strongly disagree with his internal policy and economical course, but as a public person he's awesome. "After mahatma Ghandi died - there's no one to talk to!"

AKIron · « **Reply #1 on:** December 19, 2007, 01:30:58 PM »

Better choice than Al Bore.

john9001 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 19, 2007, 01:32:51 PM »

the man of the year cover does not mean the best man of the year, it just means someone that had a impact on the world, good or bad.

john9001 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 19, 2007, 01:40:01 PM »

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Originally posted by AKIron
Better choice than Al Bore.

Al was their second choice, it's true, i don't lie.

AKIron · « **Reply #4 on:** December 19, 2007, 01:49:59 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
Al was their second choice, it's true, i don't lie.

Wonder if they counted chads?

thrila · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2007, 01:51:31 PM »

The same magazine that at one time has had Hitler and Stalin as their man of the year.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 19, 2007, 01:54:12 PM »

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Originally posted by thrila
The same magazine that at one time has had Hitler and Stalin as their man of the year.

I thought it would have been interesting if Rowling had won.

Yeager · « **Reply #7 on:** December 19, 2007, 02:33:08 PM »

When they passed over Reagan for Gorbachev I stopped having anything to do with that magazine. That was 1988.

Nilsen · « **Reply #8 on:** December 19, 2007, 02:41:56 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
the man of the year cover does not mean the best man of the year, it just means someone that had a impact on the world, good or bad.

Boroda · « **Reply #9 on:** December 19, 2007, 02:44:58 PM »

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Originally posted by Yeager
When they passed over Reagan for Gorbachev I stopped having anything to do with that magazine. That was 1988.

Gorby was a greatest traitor in human history.

Now it's the end of the year and I don't have time to read anything carefully, only posting something when I relax with a beer. Reading an interview now looking for possible mis-translations. Should be interesting, if they translate Putin's irony or just make him look like a monster, there are some points where it's quite easy.

Boroda · « **Reply #10 on:** December 19, 2007, 02:58:07 PM »

Still getting through a Russian version. Damn, he's awesome. I have to admit it.

If he said it from scratch, right out of his brain - I take my hat off.

Stalin had all the questions provided in written form and then answered to them in a matter of days. But Russian wasn't his native language, and he learned it good enough only by 1941, his speeches at the 1937 elections were like an illiterate Georgian highlander trying to speak Russian...

Boroda · « **Reply #11 on:** December 19, 2007, 03:04:16 PM »

In my view, it would prompt the Iraqi authorities to be more proactive. If they know they will always have American armed forces behind their backs, they may feel comfortable under such an umbrella, but if and when they know that the deadline is there, they would be forced to think about what they need to do from then on.

In Russian it's: "If they are sure they'll always have American bayonets supporting them"...

Looks like English version is a little bit "smoother" then original.

Will try to post other things I see different from Russian original.

SirLoin · « **Reply #12 on:** December 19, 2007, 04:44:49 PM »

Putin is an ex-KGB thug.

Russian · « **Reply #13 on:** December 19, 2007, 04:48:18 PM »

Yep, I spotted difference immediately, but I don't see them as malicious.

Eagler · « **Reply #14 on:** December 19, 2007, 05:10:53 PM »

save your breath