Ha’aretz, Lost in Translation IV
CiF Watch had a good catch yesterday, finding another example of Ha’aretz‘s ongoing lost in translation problem. CiF Watch writes:
Ha’aretz seems to have learned a lesson in misrepresenting matters from the anti-Israeli foreign press. This is how it announced the appointment of a new foreign minister for Egypt on its English-language website:
He seems like just the sort of nice chap Israel should be happy to see rise to the top in the “new Egypt”.
Unfortunately, in the Hebrew version of the same announcement, it seems that Israel will be stuck with the “old Egypt”:
For those who do not read Hebrew, what this says is:
“Nabil el-Araby, who served as Egypt’s ambassador to the UN, replaced Achmed abu El Rit. In the past, he led initiatives against Israel”.
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