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John Robson: It's very hard to sound intelligent while being simultaneously translated
You, sir, could not be more right. It was August 2012
In the middle of the Quebec election campaign. The TVA network decided to break with tradition
and, instead organizing a debate with the other networks,
set up its own separate series
of exclusive one-on-one debates with the three main party leaders
Sun News Network, also owned by Quebecor Media,
had the exclusive English-language rights to the debate, which it aired with
simultaneous translation. But because there were no Parliament Hill staffers or
press gallery to provide it for them
they had to hire their own. The full translation was never posted online.
Most people got to see only about 23 seconds of it,
which were used in a later Sun News report was posted.
Ever since the debate, I've had all three hours sitting on my PVR at home waiting to be used.
So, without further ado, I give you eight minutes of highlights —
and I use that term loosely —
of Sun News Network debate translation. Charles?
Charles Adler: The fight begins on the Sun News Network right now.
(What follows is YouTube's automatically-generated captions of the debate audio. Enjoy.)
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(Actual captions): Well that was fun, wasn't it? Now we know what it would sound like if
Inspector Clouseau and Sofia Vergara
had a debate moderated by CBC's Bernard St-Laurent. But we're not done yet.
There are two more hours of this. On to Day 2.
Charles Adler: ...
(Automatic captions follow)
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(Actual captions): No, thank you.
By now a bunch of people had seen the video from the first debate, but it was too late to
hire new translators.
So, on to Day 3.
(Charles Adler): The battle begins right here, right now.
(Automated captions follow)
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(Actual captions): On Thursday, March 26, TVA will be presenting the 2014 version of its
face-à-face debates, this time all on one night.
Sun News will be carying it as well,
but I'm told they will be hiring different translators.
Which is good because some people have some issues
with poor translation.
(Michael Coren): I mean I know it's been said before but the contempt some people have for, for English-speaking Canadians in Quebec
because the translation was so
appalling — that was barely English at all — and and this is so typical Quebec is it?
"Can you speak some sort of English? Oh yeah okay you do it."
You could barely understand what they were saying.