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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 16:16:59 JST clacke
   [ . . . ] If it's a live translation for something like a diplomatic meeting, the translators will briefly explain the context in a way that the other person would understand. For example, "He said a joke, you should laugh". [ . . . ]

   
   For those wondering if that example does happen, there is a semi-famous story of Jimmy Carter's Japanese interpreter translating an anecdote of his as "President Carter told a funny story. Everyone must laugh."

   I'm imagining him feeling like the funniest person in the world before finding out how they translated it

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 16:19:16 JST clacke

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     (side note: that's "simultaneous interpretation", not "live translation", as pointed out in the parallel subtree)
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     Leif Lindholm (unixsmurf@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 17:36:03 JST Leif Lindholm

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     Ended up next to the translator for a meetup between two companies at the last day's social evening meal once. He said he usually asked to have jokes presubmitted so he could actually provide a funny translation.

     For unprepared jokes he said he'd usually go "a joke, about this level of funny".

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 17:36:09 JST clacke

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     • Leif Lindholm
     @unixsmurf That's cool! Thanks for the insider glimpse.