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| Linas Octoglot Senior Member Lithuania Joined 6911 days ago 253 posts - 279 votes  5 sounds Speaks: Lithuanian*, Russian, Latvian, French, English, German, Spanish, Polish Studies: Slovenian, Greek, Hungarian, Arabic (Written), Portuguese | Message 25 of 142 20 January 2006 at 3:58am | IP Logged | ||
It would be better say "Iberian Portuguese" against "Brazilian Portuguese" or "Angolan Portuguese". However I prefer to say simply "Brazilian" when I speak about Brazilian Portuguese. As far as I know, Brazilian and Iberian Portuguese are practically mutually unintelligible, so they apppear to be rather two different languages sharing common name "Portuguese" 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7014 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 26 of 142 20 January 2006 at 5:57am | IP Logged | ||
I'd rather not share it on the forum since it would involve an inappropriate discussion. I'll PM you if you're still interested. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| iceman Newbie United States Joined 6921 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes | Message 27 of 142 22 January 2006 at 1:11am | IP Logged | ||
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i heard that rice's russian was so good that she corrected the translator that putin and bush were using in bush's ranch....guess not.
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| Skandinav Hexaglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 6886 days ago 139 posts - 145 votes Speaks: Danish*, English, German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian | Message 28 of 142 23 January 2006 at 3:34am | IP Logged | ||
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That is hardly unlikely. Had Bush met with, say, some "lower-ranking" head of state without any foreign language expertise (like Bush himself), there is a chance that the translator might suck. But as for Russian, which is a big language, I think that the White House use extraordinary translators. Btw. Putin speaks fairly good English. Edited by Skandinav on 23 January 2006 at 1:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| souley Senior Member Joined 7240 days ago 178 posts - 177 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: Arabic (Written), French | Message 29 of 142 23 January 2006 at 12:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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Putins mothertongue isnt Russian ? Edited by souley on 23 January 2006 at 12:04pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Skandinav Hexaglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 6886 days ago 139 posts - 145 votes Speaks: Danish*, English, German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian | Message 30 of 142 23 January 2006 at 1:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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Oops. Satisfied :-)
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| M-Squared Senior Member United States Joined 7138 days ago 117 posts - 118 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 31 of 142 25 January 2006 at 7:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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Michelle Bachelet, the recently elected President of Chile, was interviewed
on US television tonight, in English. Her English is excellent, quite fluent with relatively little accent. Her Wikipedia biography says she speaks Spanish, Portugese, English, German, French, and a little Russian. According to the biography she lived in the US and went to US schools in her middle school years, and later studied at the graduate level in the US. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Skandinav Hexaglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 6886 days ago 139 posts - 145 votes Speaks: Danish*, English, German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian | Message 32 of 142 26 January 2006 at 7:55am | IP Logged | ||
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Btw. does anyone in here know about the language skills of great leaders (e.g. Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Churchill etc.)?
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