Many listeners appear to have had a hard time of it with Muammar Qadaffi’s rambling and lengthy speech to the United Nations General Assembly, but apparently none found it as tough as the translator he brought from Libya, who collapsed 20 minutes before the end of the speech, reports Britain’s The Times, calling into the mike “I can’t take it anymore!” A UN translator took over the job.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 25 September 2009 at 17:07 |
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News story, GenevaLunch, 25 September 2009.
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Tags: long speech, translator, UN General Assembly
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