Sulfur by Any Other Name...

The UN translator responsible for deciphering Hugo Chavez's speech to the UN General Assembly didn't do the words of the Venezuelan leader justice.

Desperate Irish Housewife writes:

"The word he used to describe the smell was not 'sulfur'. It was the Spanish slang word for feces, "sucio", meaning that which is dirty. All his homies will know it as 'crap' but more derogatory. Most commonly used, for example, in Mexico, for caca.

"As in 'el sucio de los ninos,' when changing diapers, or when referring to a horrible sight, be it a terribly failed dish from the kitchen, or the upchuck of a drunk.

"In other words, it was extremely insulting. 'Sulfer' was a classic sympathetic translator's whitewash."

Yes, well.

It's not like this makes the speech that much worse, but it does provide a bit of added insight into the mind of Chavez.

And best bud Danny Glover.




h/t Charlie