Comments on: Boris Johnson/George Vella meeting: talk about ‘lost in translation’ https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/11/talk-lost-translation/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: callixtus https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/11/talk-lost-translation/#comment-3107776 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:05:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=86582#comment-3107776 They’re so used to reporting verbatim.

]]> By: Stephen Borg https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/11/talk-lost-translation/#comment-3107698 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 14:01:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=86582#comment-3107698 In reply to Daphne Caruana Galizia.

I said “…even if jokingly”. Those EU meetings take hours on end. In such a situation, people sometimes have nothing better to do than observe others around them.

]]> By: Antoine Vella https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/11/talk-lost-translation/#comment-3107673 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:27:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=86582#comment-3107673 On the other hand, George Vella, always the boor, wasn’t joking when he said, “Let’s have (sic) a handshake and get rid of these people”.

First of all, I think people are more likely to say “let’s shake hands” than “let’s have a handshake”. But that is a minor point; what really irks is Vella’s gruff insolence.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/11/talk-lost-translation/#comment-3107670 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:21:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=86582#comment-3107670 No. There is no such thing as a ‘tongue in cheek’ news headline. Headlines are about facts.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/11/talk-lost-translation/#comment-3107659 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:33:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=86582#comment-3107659 He. Was. Joking.

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