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Psy Haters EXPOSED: mistranslated lyrics by CNN
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Alleged, unsourced "translation" from CNN
You know what isn't good? Google Translate. Google Translate gave us this weird translation when we plugged in the Korean:
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Originally posted by GoogleTranslate
****ing Sy rap: Iraqi prisoners tortured Dan and the amount of room for gardeners Advisor told you to **** on the amount of room for gardenersBaby Amy daughter-in-law Abby Ofay killVery slowly killing him suffer
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Which is why Fisher [He's the investigative reporter] sought out Korean experts (graduate students, native speakers, Sino-North Korea coordinators) and came up with three translations:
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All the ****ing Yankees torturing Iraqis
All those ****ing Yankees who ordered the torturing
Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers
Kill them very slowly and painfully
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All those ****ing Yankees been torturing Iraqi captives and
All those ****ing Yankees who ordered them to torture
Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers
Kill them all slowly, kill them all painfully
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The —— despicable Western women and men who tortured Iraqi war prisoners and
Dog —— despicable Western women and men who gave orders to torture
Their daughter, mother, daughter-in-law, father the big-nose, kill all
Very slowly kill, painfully kill.
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"One thing you'll notice is that none of these translations begin the first two lines with the word 'kill,' as the original did," Fisher writes. And not having "Kill" in those first lines obviously changes the way you interpret the lyrics. You could see how PSY could be calling — and, no, this isn't okay — for violence against the Americans who tortured Iraqis and the authorities who ordered the torture of Iraqis, as opposed to violence directed toward every American. That changes the narrative from something that's very anti-American to anti-American torture.
And that seems to fit into his Friday apology. "I understand the sacrifices American servicemen and women have made to protect freedom and democracy in my country and around the world," PSY said in a statement picked up by CNN. PSY said the song "was part of a deeply emotional reaction to the war in Iraq and the killing of two Korean schoolgirls that was part of the overall anti-war sentiment shared by others around the world at that time," reported CNN, which also may have started this whole thing. Not that these no translations take away any of the damage done to PSY's reputation or minimize that much of what he said, but still: there's your clarification for you.
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Source: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/enter...slation/59871/
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