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I’d like to bring to your attention that your report\translator mistranslated what the police officer stated of the incident.
He said jonongon which means public\people, but your translator said mobster.
That is incorrect. Why do you portray third world as full of low-life ill-educated and corrupted?
Curious
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Our translation said mob, not mobster, and within the context of this news story, we believed the word we chose was more accurate than simply translating it to people: GBU Editor
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