Diplomats, translators, and other professionals are acutely aware of this problem, and a Russian speaker can often be mistranslated by looking at the literal written word. Hence, Russian translators are usually deemed more reliable than foreign translators, whose biases creep in and never miss an opportunity to misquote a Russian speaker and put words in their mouth to convey a meaning that they did not intend. | Diplomats, translators, and other professionals are acutely aware of this problem, and a Russian speaker can often be mistranslated by looking at the literal written word. Hence, Russian translators are usually deemed more reliable than foreign translators, whose biases creep in and never miss an opportunity to misquote a Russian speaker and put words in their mouth to convey a meaning that they did not intend. |