I came across this in a speech (http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/05/06/59626.html) delivered yesterday in, of all places, Germany, by Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation - "The population must not associate the market economy and democracy with poverty and anarchy, and the market economy must not be associated with an absolute rule by oligarchs who rob millions of people...."
translate: Putin said recently, in effect, that Capitalism is properly associated in the minds of the dispossessed majority with absolute rule by oligarchs who rob their fellow citizens and hold in check the legitimate aspirations of the world community. "Sure, some people may dislike it, in the past decade some people got accustomed to stealing billions and to use both mass media and some other civil institutions in their group interests," he continued.
How to translate addresses by the great and the good
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spot
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How to translate addresses by the great and the good
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left. ... Hold no regard for unsupported opinion.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
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How to translate addresses by the great and the good
Thanks for the translation, spot - no wonder so many "important" people are regarded with at best disdain and at worst contempt when they spout off like that!