HOW AN ASSHOLE BECAME A JERK
March 10th 2007 02:32
HOW AN ‘ASSHOLE’ BECAME A MEDIA JERK
In an article that discussed the problems of translations in foreign news reports, the US Gelf magazine this week reported that, “Slang poses special challenges. A few years ago, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took to occasionally referring to President George W. Bush as pendejo.
"It really means 'asshole,' but a lot of publications would soften it to something like 'jerk,' which of course prompted the anti-Chavez crowd to accuse the media of going soft on Chavez," Foreign Affairs senior editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan told Gelf.
In an article that discussed the problems of translations in foreign news reports, the US Gelf magazine this week reported that, “Slang poses special challenges. A few years ago, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took to occasionally referring to President George W. Bush as pendejo.
"It really means 'asshole,' but a lot of publications would soften it to something like 'jerk,' which of course prompted the anti-Chavez crowd to accuse the media of going soft on Chavez," Foreign Affairs senior editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan told Gelf.
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