Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: quel che berlusconi non sapeva in inglese

BERLUSCONI LEAVES CONGRESS WONDERING
Posted by Mike Viqueira, NBC News Producer, U.S. House (01:05 pm ET, 03/
1/06)
Mike Viqueira, NBC News Producer, U.S. House"
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gave the bulk of his speech to
Congress in Italian Wednesday - a decision that left members of Congress who
showed up to listen somewhat in the dark.
Because no one here in the Capitol knew until the last minute that
Berlusconi would not be speaking in English, there were no accommodations
made for simultaneous audio translation. That meant that the relatively few
members of Congress who attended the speech would not have the benefit of
those little earphones to help them understand what was being said, unless,
of course, they "capisce Italiano". They were provided, however, with a
written English translation of the remarks to help them try and follow
along.
Typically, these speeches by foreign dignitaries to a joint meeting of
Congress are poorly attended by our elected Representatives and Senators,
and today's address was no exception. A House aide who was in the chamber
estimated that there were about 100 members of Congress present out of the
533 who currently serve. Look closely at the wide shots when you rush home
tonight to watch the replay on C-Span and you'll see an army of
blue-jacketed, apple-cheeked pages and House interns filling in the
chamber's back rows. House officials stick them there to avoid the
international embarassment of a mostly empty chamber.
Asked when the Prime Minister made the decision to deliver the remarks in
Italian, an embassy press attaché shrugged it off: "Only God himself knows
the answer," she said.
But, as NBC producer Deb Pettit notes, at the end of his speech Berlusconi
did speak in English, giving an emotional account of a father telling a boy
about the brave soldiers who came from overseas to bring peace to their land
in World War II. "That father was my father, and I am the young man... I
have never forgotten the sacrifices... and I never will," the Italian Prime
Minister said.
Hearing and understanding this, the members of Congress who were present
rose to their feet and applauded.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gave the bulk of his speech to
Congress in Italian Wednesday - a decision that left members of Congress who
showed up to listen somewhat in the dark.
Because no one here in the Capitol knew until the last minute that
Berlusconi would not be speaking in English, there were no accommodations
made for simultaneous audio translation. That meant that the relatively few
members of Congress who attended the speech would not have the benefit of
those little earphones to help them understand what was being said, unless,
of course, they "capisce Italiano". They were provided, however, with a
written English translation of the remarks to help them try and follow
along.

 BERLUSCONI LEAVES CONGRESS WONDERING
ROTFL!!!
nonno vatte a fà la dialisi ar cervello ...rincoglionito!!! 

 the answer," she said.
Anche Angela Merker pare sappia la risposta.... forse e' piu' facilmente
consultabile...
E questo e' tutto? Ma e' aria fritta, polemizzare su un qualcosa
appariva brutto?
                                                     Andrea Z.

 
è una consuetudine, tanto che è precisato anche nell'articolo 
(essendo non di parte), meno che per i giornali (quelli di parte) 
che hanno fatto gli stupiti pur di dire che Berlusconi non lo voleva 
nessuno. Poi non si capisce perchè abbia fatto schifo, visto che a 
parlare al congresso USA in seduta riunita non è che invitano tutti, 
e comunque non gli invitano certo perchè poi vogliono fischiarli. 
Aria fritta come dici.
Ciao.
-- 
- Andy 'Andyphone' <andy...@FCTbigfoot.com> Toscana - Italy -
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