Admittedly, we don’t speak Spanish, so this may not be a literal translation, but we’re pretty sure that’s the gist of this story.
Fox News has the details:
During his most recent blanket television broadcast, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez took the opportunity to embrace President Obama, inviting him to join him in the construction of a new world order.
Chávez was responding to President Obama’s recent quip about diverting Air Force One in order to pay Caracas a visit. Leaving a NATO summit in Portugal, the president joked, according to a tweet by CBS reporter Mark Knoller, about having “AF-1 fly home via South America so he could visit Hugo Chavez.”
“Well, Obama, if you said that,” Chávez remarked, “we’ll receive you here. I’d shake your hand again.”
… Chávez went on, jovially stating that, were Obama to pay him a visit, both leaders would “sit down to talk, to eat socialist arepas.”
Socialist arepas. Obviously a Spanish euphemism meaning, “the beating hearts of anyone who believes in capitalism.”
What’s that? Arepas are type of corn-based pancakes popular in Venezuela? Yeah, well, maybe so. But we’re pretty sure our translation is closer to what Chavez really meant.
Source: Fox News
This post was last modified on January 26, 2021
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Who his friends are, speaks volumes about Obomie, doesn't it?
Yes it does. I have to wonder how Obama feels about being called out like this.
My liberal friends refuse to accept the fact that a person shows his true nature by the company he keeps.
That is possibly because liberals, progressives and the like run at the sight of judgement. They do not want to be judged by anything or anyone at any moment. Misjudgement of course is understandable that is bad, but there has to be a way to judge people to keep oneself and others you love safe (among other benefits) and any judgement is not palatable for a liberal UNLESS of course they are the ones doing the judgement on others that they DO NOT LIKE.
Translation is not done word for word, it is done conceptually. THerefore I agree that IHTM has the correct conceptual translation.
As long as there is a salad bar to go with it...