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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II
It is also funny how all the translators of that sailor's testimony so far seem to show a complete misunderstanding of Russian terminology. Or maybe the Russians need to come up with a better term for "Damage Control".
Despite the sailor explicitly stating the damage to the Moskva was "small", the translations acted like the ship was about to sink: "fearing for seaworthiness" and the like abound, and headlines rumble about " heavily damaged". And all because of these words: борясь за живучесть. It literally translates to struggle for vitality, but what it really means is damage control - nothing to get excited about... |
Thanks, that's very helpful.