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	Multicultural Mayhem When You Think You Know What They Said ... and Meant Part 3 by Susan Dunn Momentum Coaching
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Which brings up the question, why would a Roman emperor use Greek for his dying words? Greek was the language of intellect and culture, deep thoughts and serious meanings. Languages that are not our mother tongue have a mystery to them and sometimes carry more weight. When I end a formal argument with "res ipse loquitur" (the thing speaks for itself), I consider the case to be closed.

Shakespeare had his reasons. But look what we learn when we go back to the original translation.

We Will Bury You

This Nikita Khrushchev said at the height of the Russian-US cold war. Taken literally it's quite threatening. However, it's an idiomatic expression, difficult to maneuver from one language to another. This is like saying in the US, "I'm going to catch a train." Well, we don't literally "catch" a train. In the US we say we "play" the piano. In Spanish, we "touch" a piano, tocar.

What did Khrushchev mean? The phrase in Russian means something closer to "Hey, fella, we'll be around long after you're gone." More like we endure, not conquer; assertive, not aggressive.

When I wrote this, my spell check told me" Krushchev" was wrong. You can't seem to add enough Hs to those Russian words. Our attempt in the US to portray what sounds like a bear clearing its throat, and what also sounds more ominous to us than say, the rightly-named Romance languages. It doesn't matter what you say in Spanish, it sounds romantic. A term of endearment the French use is "mon petit chou." I wish you could hear it, ending in "shooo," how soothing, and we end with our lips pursed, as if to kiss. And what does it mean? "Little cabbage." What does it mean? "I love you."

Let Them Eat Cake

I study Marie Antoinette. I feel her story is yet to be told. She was also called "Madame Deficit." "Let them eat cake," is what she allegedly said when the peasants in France were preparing to revolt (the French Revolution) because the country was in political and economic disarray and there wasn't enough food.

The closer translation is "Let them eat bread."

"Cake" is one of those words you know about if you're a polygot. It has no translation! Well, you also know this if you're a gourmand and/or world traveler. This thing that appears for "dessert" in different countries is very different in each place. What in fact IS a cake or dessert? They look different and taste different everywhere. Some aren't even sweet. There are also "cakes" of saltpeter and yeast.

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