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South Africa apologizes for fake interpreter

--南非当局为冒牌翻译道歉

难度: 四级  |  词数: 229  |  更新日期: 2013-12-18  |  文章来源: newvision.co.ug
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The South African government formally apologised Friday for any offense caused by the sign language interpreter it hired for Nelson Mandela's memorial, later exposed as a fake.

"We sincerely apologise to the deaf community and to all South Africans for any offence that may have been suffered," Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile said in a statement.

The country's junior minister for disabilities, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, admitted on Thursday the government had made a "mistake", but defended the interpreter.

Enraged sign language experts said that Thamsanqa Jantjie's signing in front of US President Barack Obama and other world leaders gathered at Soweto's Soccer City stadium had amounted to little more than "flapping his arms around".

Jantjie later blamed his behaviour on a schizophrenic attack.

Contacted by AFP by telephone on Friday, he refused to discuss the incident, saying he was too busy drafting an explanation to the government.

"Yesterday I explained to all the media...( and) today I am busy with the government that want my side of the story," he said.

Minister Mashatile said parliament would pass a new law early next year to regulate the profession "so that this kind of incident doesn't happen ever again."

Bogopane-Zulu said Thursday the interpreter was not fake, but may have had problems with English or was overworked and tired.

South Africa's deaf organisations, however, said this was not a one-off incident, claiming they had complained to the government about Jantjie before.

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词组意思:

  • South African 1) 南非的 2) 南非人的 3) 南非人
  • be caused by... 由于...而造成
  • sign language 手势语
  • Nelson Mandela 纳尔逊·曼德拉
  • make mistake 犯错误
  • in front of... 在...前面
  • amount to... 总计..., 共计...
  • little more than 仅仅(是)
  • blame sth on sb 把...归咎于某人
  • be busy doing sth 忙着做某事
  • be busy with... 忙于...
  • early next year 明年年初
  • so that 1) 以便, 以使 2) 以致
  • South Africa 南非
  • complain to... 1) 向...投诉, 向...控诉 2) 向...抱怨, 向...埋怨

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