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The Europeans | European news, politics and cultureJan 16: Translating Trump, Defending DeneuveYour favourite plucky Parisian reporter and glamorous Amsterdam opera singer are BACK. Episode 6 is about two people with bouffant hair but little else in common: Donald Trump and Catherine Deneuve. We’ve got a great interview with the voice of Trump on German television, Franz Kubaczyk, and his fellow interpreter Leonie Wagener about the perils of translating the most unpredictable president in US history. And the French writer Agnès Poirier is on the line to discuss Deneuve’s controversial letter criticizing the #MeToo movement and what may have been lost in translation. Plus: fantastic plastic news and an unwelcome flash...2018-01-1631 min
Troublesome Terps12: Trumpslation with Franz KubaczykOur guest Franz Kubaczyk regularly interprets Donald Trump for German news channels. The two Alexanders have invited him on to discuss the challenges of media interpreting in general and of rendering a difficult speaker into another language.Special Guest: Franz Kubaczyk.Links:Children interrupt BBC News interviewFranz Kubaczyk's websiteFrank Deja - SimultandolmetscherHow Donald Trump Answers A QuestionBush to Trump: You can't insult your way to presidency - YouTubeRampensau | Word of the WeekBBC NEWS | Europe | Berlusconi jibe sparks EU stormLost in Trumpslation: An Interview with Bérengère Viennot - Los Angeles Review of BooksTrump sa...2017-04-1938 min