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Nasruddin

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11. mistranslation
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 01:41 PM
Mar 2021

Incidentally, the mistranslation seems to go back to the original.
Here's the English version from the morurua files:

According to our calculations, based on a scientific reassessment of the doses received, approximately 110,000 people were infected,

D’après nos calculs, environ 110 000 personnes ont été dangereusement exposées à la radioactivité,

As you can see someone at disclose mistranslated it & also "improved" the quality of the estimate with a notion not in the French version. I'm assuming the French version is the original, as the issue and the disclose company are French.

Should be wary of the original work with this kind of distortion in play!

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