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The following article claims that Ahmadinejad did not say Israel when quoted as doing so. How accurate are the translations?

http://www.newworldliberty.com/newsarticle/iran%E2%80%99s-words-mistranslated-again-americans-trying-start-war

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I'm not sure, since I don't speak Farsi, nor do I know anyone who does. But let's ask "[...] a user run website that features [...] user submitted activism videos, documentaries, journal articles, personal blog posts and daily new artilcles which are all aimed at preventing further globalization and war by the super elite."

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Originally posted by KazetNagorra
I'm not sure, since I don't speak Farsi, nor do I know anyone who does. But let's ask "[...] a user run website that features [...] user submitted activism videos, documentaries, journal articles, personal blog posts and daily new artilcles which are all aimed at preventing further globalization and war by the super elite."
And what is wrong with that?

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Originally posted by Metal Brain
And what is wrong with that?
Nothing's "wrong" with it. It just obviously has no independent reliability.

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Originally posted by sh76
Nothing's "wrong" with it. It just obviously has no independent reliability.
What source of info is acceptable to you, the New York Times?

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/israeli-minister-agrees-ahmadinejad-never-said-israel-must-be-wiped-off-the-map/

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Originally posted by Metal Brain
What source of info is acceptable to you, the New York Times?

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/israeli-minister-agrees-ahmadinejad-never-said-israel-must-be-wiped-off-the-map/
I thought we were talking about the quote from this past week.

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Originally posted by sh76
I thought we were talking about the quote from this past week.
If we are talking about translations we should discuss all of them that are disputed.

What sources of info would be acceptable to you?
Is the New York Times one of them?

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Originally posted by Metal Brain
If we are talking about translations we should discuss all of them that are disputed.

What sources of info would be acceptable to you?
Is the New York Times one of them?
Are there any Farsi speakers who dispute the claim made in your OP ?

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Originally posted by Metal Brain
If we are talking about translations we should discuss all of them that are disputed.

What sources of info would be acceptable to you?
Is the New York Times one of them?
The headline of your OP used the word "Again." Now we're going back to the 2005 quote. Obviously, the "Again" could not have referred to the original quote.

Go ahead. Try to explain away this most recent quote.

Yes, the NY Times is an acceptable course.

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Originally posted by FMF
Are there any Farsi speakers who dispute the claim made in your OP ?
Not that I am aware of.

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Originally posted by Metal Brain
Not that I am aware of.
Well if you think the claim in your OP is not disputed by anyone who speaks Farsi, what is the issue? What is there to debate?

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Originally posted by Metal Brain
The following article claims that Ahmadinejad did not say Israel when quoted as doing so. How accurate are the translations?

http://www.newworldliberty.com/newsarticle/iran%E2%80%99s-words-mistranslated-again-americans-trying-start-war
That website gives me this:


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User run website, indeed.

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Originally posted by WoodPush
Warning: User 'newworld_captain' has exceeded the 'max_questions' resource (current value: 180000) query: SELECT 1 FROM access WHERE type = 'host' AND LOWER('128.177.27.54'😉 LIKE LOWER(mask) AND status = 0 LIMIT 0, 1 in /home/newworld/public_html/includes/database.mysqli.inc on line 134
Evidence of a conspiracy to silence those who speak Farsi, perhaps.

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Originally posted by sh76
The headline of your OP used the word "Again." Now we're going back to the 2005 quote. Obviously, the "Again" could not have referred to the original quote.

Go ahead. Try to explain away this most recent quote.

Yes, the NY Times is an acceptable course.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/weekinreview/30iran.html?pagewanted=all

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Originally posted by Metal Brain
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/weekinreview/30iran.html?pagewanted=all
October 30, 2005?

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