The Translators - Interpreting Donald Trump: The Daily Show

Desi Lydic sits down with translators from around the world to get their take on the unique challenge of interpreting the words of President Trump.
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[@gordonanderson3111]

"He will change his mind in the middle of a sentence." - says it all.

[@gordonanderson3111]

The Americans have a word for it.... insert Trumpism here. The wall will be paid for by the super wealthy Hedge Fund - when we make it a wall of HEMP - a mile wide hedge of top grade buds, beautiful, SOLAR, and so hard to throw a 60 pound bag over, & transparent, man.

[@brianlacy8870]

and BOTH are lies ....

[@undyingsoul3949]

He rarely changes his mind on anything. Where do you guys get that from? I'd like to see examples.

[@hypothalapotamus5293]

Gonna build a bunch of windmills on the border. They will give migrants cancer. The number of dead birds will be horrifying.

[@ladydeerheart1]

Hypocrisy...that was hilarious!!

[@stephanpiskol3468]

Before his inauguration German media (Spiegel) had an interview with his translator (Norbert Heikamp) and he said exactly the same: 1. it is very difficult to translate him, because he jumps from topic to topic without any sense or clear line of thought 2. He speaks so randomly that you can hardly prepare for his speeches 3. He contradicts himself several times in one speech, which makes the foreign audience think the translator got it wrong

[@peggyh4805]

Stephan Piskol No shit. That’s how we all feel. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@selenophile410]

Can u give a link

[@msyvonnehopson89]

@@peggyh4805 😂😂😂😂💯💯💯

[@masodemic4509]

My mother also knows a translator (English - Vietnamese) who said Trump is a translator's nightmare because there's no point in what he says and he sometimes doesn't even finish a sentence, so it's just impossible to translate.

[@pavankrishna.s396]

Oh that poor guy.

[@annamelvina216]

Did you see how Macron's wife looked like she was trying to use Melania as a shield?

[@angelamitchell6657]

Yes. She was trying to get as far away from that IDIOT as possible. Lol. Do you blame her?!

[@kindnepenthe1718]

yeah looks like when i’m out with my girlfriends and someone gets hit on by some gross 40 year old. excuuuse me no thank you!!

[@jackmaehoph4822]

I'd guess Melania is used to being used as a human shield & no doubt used to getting covered in shit! You can just see it in her face.

[@himadrijoshi]

Literally repulsed, appropriately.

[@Cattt01]

Yes! LoL!

[@babayagob2243]

Just a reminder, the Macrons are fluent in English, Melania is fluent in French, only Trump needs a translator during this visit.

[@hamdialihassan1586]

Baba Yagob Melania speaks french?

[@gabe9418]

Not only does Donald Trump not speak French, he barely speaks English.

[@hamdialihassan1586]

MA F oh, and here I've been thinking she's intellectually challenged. But I guess one cannot be judged by who they're married to.

[@hamdialihassan1586]

MA F I live in Europe (Stockholm) so I know but still remembering a languange that you dont use anymore is really difficuly. My native languange is somali but I speak swedish way better

[@Boobalopbop]

Can we stop with this nonsense that Melania speaks 5 languages? This is some crap they put on her bio that has gotten completely out of hand. I have a really hard time she speaks 5 languages when she's been in the US since 1995 and barely speaks English. She was nothing but a nude model/ prostitute before she met Trump, not some sophisticated socialite they're selling her as.

[@beefaroni9038]

I like how we had a fake anger translater for Obama and now we actually need a real translator team for Trump.

[@Derrickstare]

Haha Obama was too calm, subtle and cool; there's meaning behind everything he says. Trump just spouts out endless bullcrap.

[@noeliajaime7656]

Or,Trump is the only one i understand.He speaks Idiot.

[@Maniac_7_7_7]

I think we need an anger translator for the Obama/Hillary supporters whom have been physically violent towards peaceful Trump supporters. I think we need a anger translator for anyone who is a liberal because their rhetoric has been influencing violence and disinformation.

[@spectralight8412]

Cam Peaceful trump supporters my ass, clearly you haven't heard all the shit trump supporters have put minorities through.

[@FanOfAnimation]

Cam Yeah, peaceful Trump supporters. Like the murderer from Portland, or the terrorist from Quebec.

[@addie2816]

This is in fact a very real issue. Making Trump sound less crude and incoherent than he actually is undermines the severity of having him as a leader. I read some Trump quotes that were translated into Mandarin in a newspaper and he actually sounded coherent and non-maniacal. My father who only has access to Trump's content through these newspapers is now under the impression that Trump is a fantastic leader and supports him. Like seriously. As much as I understand it is difficult to translate Trump's speech, it is frustrating knowing that non-English speakers are getting a filtered and watered-down version of his bigotry.

[@emmarellda181]

i know. ive read a lot of chinese articles and the way they word it makes it seem less, insane.. In english we can hear his terrible grammar and always changes his meaning in the middle of a sentence but when they translate, they take a lot of it out

[@ludo5475]

Same for Japan, it is an issue that people don't dare to make him sound as bad as he does.

[@oskarhenriksen]

English skills in Norway are good enough to make this far less of an issue. Thankfully

[@misainsider]

😱😱😱 That's crazy. This is happening now.

[@misainsider]

@@ludo5475 😱😱😱 that's crazy!

[@ArriagayVictoriaColombia13]

“Who’s going to pay for the wall?” “No México” 🤣🤣 That’s my boy 🇲🇽🇲🇽

[@alumpyhorse]

That’s my favorite line in the whole segment, still, three years later…

[@mindpalace1208]

"Who's gonna pay for the wall?!" "Nobody" .... I mean he's not wrong

[@hrishabhdivya]

american tax payer gona pay for the wall

[@eisvisage1459]

Definitely not wrong.

[@artembentsionov]

Not if Democrats have anything to say about it. And any Republican serious about cutting spending should too

[@essenceofcha4765]

😂😂😂 I was cracking up at that part

[@DeanCorso321]

Couple million dollars could of build some of the wall... But it was used in the 4th of July parade.. In one day.

[@Beacuzz]

The reason the ASL translator was more "accurate" was because of the way they are trained. In their first semester they are taught how to tell a story and in that they learn how to "be" their characters.

[@brianlacy8870]

very poetic that ..

[@nancybeveridgetaylor3256]

She was amazing!!!

[@abomejohn]

Facial expression always help in sign to.

[@shroomyk]

I went to a drag show and they had an ASL interpreter there. She became a part of the show in a way because she really got into the performance. She was "singing" with her hands and dancing. It was really cool. I suppose in order to show someone's tone of voice to someone who cannot hear, you have to be a sort of character who acts it out physically. It's quite fascinating.

[@ak5659]

However, as an ASL interpreter I have to convey the message as it was sent. If the speaker's grammar is incorrect, that fact MUST be clear in my sign. If a speaker's message is incoherent, my sign MUST be incoherent. Errors must be conveyed as spoken.

[@vids99230]

All joking aside and whether you like him or not, the translation issue is actually a pretty cool perspective that I never thought about.

[@undyingsoul3949]

I'm a translator and interpreter. I can tell you these guys are purposely exaggerating. His words are actually really easy to translate, because he uses everyday language and easy sentences which anyone can understand.

[@SweetAlis1]

I think you missed the point,@@undyingsoul3949. It's mostly about his incoherent speech, confusion, vulgar vocabulary, and lack of sensitivity that are making the translators uncomfortable.

[@undyingsoul3949]

@@SweetAlis1 There is nothing incoherent and confusing in his speeches. A professional interpreter should also be able to easily deal with vulgar and insensitive speech. You barely have any time to overthink specific words or phrases and feel more uncomfortable than you already are if you have to listen closely, remember everything said, immediately translate everything in your head and deliver the interpretation while this process continues with the ongoing speech. It's not the interpreter's job to correct what the speaker says. It's just unrealistic for a professional interpreter to have such issues with "insensitive", but easy-to-translate speech. However, it makes sense for this show to have these guys pretend to have these issues for comedy purposes.

[@essenceofcha4765]

This was a great perspective. I especially liked the part about capturing the mannerisms, tone etc. The simple words used is easy, yes, ut to capture all that makes Trump, Trump, gotta put forth more effort, like the sign lady. This was funny lol.

[@teh-maxh]

@@undyingsoul3949 Go ahead and translate this for me. (Remember, it's one sentence.) Look, having nuclear - my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart - you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I’m one of the smartest people anywhere in the world - it’s true! - but when you’re a conservative Republican they try - oh, do they do a number - that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune - you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged - but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me - it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are - nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what’s going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? - but when you look at what’s going on with the four prisoners - now it used to be three, now it’s four - but when it was three and even now, I would have said it’s all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don’t, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years - but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.

[@aliyabolotbekkyzy7689]

You can tell the French first lady was uncomfortable. At 0:32 she pats Melania like "I'm gonna acknowledge that you're standing right here, even if your husband refuses to do that".

[@parkereve]

Yeah, because if you flirted with a women in front of your wife, that's exactly what going on in there head "I'm hotter then them so it doesn't matter"

[@misscheryl94]

Actually, I don't think Melania is as hot as people make her out to be. That's not to say she is ugly, it just means I personally know many people whose looks are on par with Melania and more than a couple who are better looking. Unfortunately, some of them would go for the likes of someone like Donald Trump, but none of them would like to be ignored while their man was going on about how great some other woman looked. They would put up with it, but they would care. If in fact Melania doesn't care, it's because she doesn't care about Trump as a husband, and not because she thinks she's all that and a bag of chips,

[@brianlacy8870]

Well said ... subtle body language says SOOO much .. when we look for it...

[@o0OHermioneO0o]

I remember that discussion on Austrian and German TV. During live translations you can even hear the amusment and confusion in the translators' voices.

[@tomatomtom4921]

Link plz?

[@kimkon2171]

War so gut

[@MrMetalWarlock]

Link please

[@o0OHermioneO0o]

@@tomatomtom4921 There were so many, on so many different TV stations, and such a long time ago... I doubt they were uploaded on KZbin. You could try the website archives of ORF, ZDF, ARD, Arte, etc. from 2016 and 2017.

[@o0OHermioneO0o]

@@MrMetalWarlock There were so many, on so many different TV stations, and such a long time ago... I doubt they were uploaded on KZbin. You could try the website archives of ORF, ZDF, ARD, Arte, etc. from 2016 and 2017.

[@CocoOPNY]

"Who's gonna pay for the wall?" -"No México." 😂😂

[@FMAASPEA]

The translatirs

[@rolandixor]

...and deported.

[@bluefoxy6478]

There very bad at translating to ask that dumb question.

[@manuelwitrago6511]

it is more like mexico can't pay gor the wall... anyone that signs the paper work will lose the next election...

[@titusII71]

😂😂😂

[@MovieBuffGinna]

I feel bad for these translators. They have to try to make sense out of someone who cannot even speak English.

[@ymrbleav9577]

MovieBuffGinna LMAO, that is so funny! LMAO still!!!

[@666Tomato666]

knowing few foreign languages, you really don't get the full Trump experience with them. They make him sound coherent and composed. To think that he still has only 22% approval worldwide with this handicap...

[@ArgoIo]

Those translations just reveal how devoid of any meaning his rambling is. The German translators usually try their best not to make him sound like a preschooler by giving more of a brief coherent summary.

[@Aqquila89]

Wonder how they'd translate this word salad: “Look, having nuclear - my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart - you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I’m one of the smartest people anywhere in the world - it’s true! - but when you’re a conservative Republican they try - oh, do they do a number - that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune - you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged - but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me - it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are - nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what’s going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? - but when you look at what’s going on with the four prisoners - now it used to be three, now it’s four - but when it was three and even now, I would have said it’s all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don’t, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years - but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.” (Yeah, he said that. Word for word. Google it.)

[@armedwombat6816]

+Lorenz Zahn: Yeah, Problem is: most Germans (especially the younger generations) speak english pretty well. I daresay a large portion of them has a better grasp on the language than Trump does. Though that's not saying much, considering he talks - to quote Colbert - like a sign language gorilla that got hit in the head. But the thing is: they don't need a translator. They Germans can understand him without translation. Which might be one of the reasons why he's so extremely unpopular there. Well that and unfortunate parallels to certain leaders in their own past.

[@misainsider]

"My dude said he wants to smash!" We cannot have you as a translator Trevor!! 😂😂😂

[@Justagirlwithasmile]

I feel sorry especially for the Japanese and Arabic translators. Translating from English to Japanese/Arabic is already hard enough with all of the cultural nuances but his rambling and how he changes topic mid sentence must be so hard to translate. I don't know if the average person realizes but Arabic and Japanese are ordered very differently to English. E.g. the sentence "The boy kicked the ball. Would be ordered as. Arabic: "Kicked the boy the ball." Japanese: "Boy ball kicked." Like imagine how hard it is to translate already grammatically incorrect sentences into languages with different word orders.

[@zuleikacoba1096]

Deciciones

[@terrrrrrrrrrrrrrry]

I don't find the translation from English to Arabic very hard, but in his case it makes you sound like an idiot, even if your translation is very accurate, you would sound like you don't know what you're saying because in Arabic his way of speaking makes no sense

[@aimanali8558]

No.. boy can come before kicked. Tenses differ. The main thing is there are many words which are in Arabic and not in English and vice versa. Thus many times you cant translate a single word. Aside from that, the sentences can be structured VERY differently. For example in certain questions the number of people or gender wont even come up. While in others every verb has a gender and a tense and a number, making it hard for sentences with you or he or them. Also there is no is in arabic. I think you undertsnad.

[@GrandMufti1897]

You could say "The boy kicked the ball" in Arabic. { Al Walad Rakala Al Kura }. It would be considered a nominative/nominal sentence. Your example falls under the verbal sentence structure.

[@OmarAbdElKader2006]

( Rakala al walad al kura ) which is "kicked the boy the ball" is more accurate tho... "verbally" :P

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

"Who is going to pay for the wall?" "Not Mexico"

[@Essex-ux4zv]

wutup5566 working the replies like its a day job. Troll!

[@shayshay15ism]

Luiz Alex Phoenix 😭🤣🤣 no mehicko😭😭

[@kamion53]

the best part is the deaf translation that got pixeled out as is done with curse words. great show and parody.

[@castillo33brandon]

Donald trump is the type of dude to use scissors to cut open candy bars

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

brandon castillo Lol he can't hold the scissors OR the candy bar

[@williamshinn1319]

He probably has his butler do it for him since he's a douchebag billionaire.........SAD

[@ML-tr1um]

This suppose to be an insult? "Dump is the type of dude that only flushes his toilet without closing the lid" "Dump is the type of dude that sleeps at night with his blinds open" "Dump is the type of dude that watches the same channel because he couldn't find the remote" "Dump is the type of dude that eats his hot dog with ketchup"

[@castillo33brandon]

Rev Doe is the type of dude that holds this L

[@ymrbleav9577]

Rev Doe LMAO

[@johnevans6451]

Can I just point a "small" correction: The profession of hearing a speech in one language and interpreting it to a different one is called "Interpretation" and the people who do it are called "Interpreters". Translators work with written documents, like books, and they translate them to different languages. In order for the title to be correct it should say "The Interpreters - Interpreting Donald Trump: The Daily Show".

[@blue0580]

John Evans well said.

[@peaceandlove544]

"We do not want to offend people more than what he already has" (Spanish translator) Wowwww!!! Pretty deep.

[@edsanchez1893]

But, as an interpreter, his job isn’t to protect people’s feelings. It’s to convey the message, connotation, AND tone of said message. Terrible interpreter.

[@ray7845]

Is that even possible?

[@goombapizza6335]

@@edsanchez1893 I mean, yes and no. He has to worry about losing his job, and about confusing the Spanish speakers with Trump's gobbledygook. As the Japanese and the Syrian translators said, if you translate something so that it sounds stupid, ungrammatical, or self-contradictory, it will just sound like you're a bad translator or stupid yourself. As a multilingual myself who has had to translate, I can tell you that it's impossible to translate languages word-for-word, because often there is no direct word correspondence that conveys the same definition *and* connotation, so you instead have to translate the *idea*, not the *words*. And when the ideas make no sense, how can you translate them on the fly? What, figure out a way to turn the message into something that sounds dumb in the other language? I'm telling you, languages don't have a 1:1 correspondence of grammar and words, so it's impossible to be 100% accurate in translation, and it's worse when the guy you're translating is a bumbling idiot. Don't call the Mexican translator incompetent. If he was assigned to translate a US president, he must be quite good.

[@vanessacolz94]

Exactly. Interpreters just have to interpret what speaker have said after all.

[@lalolalo1233]

Spanish translator: Este cabron esta mas loco que una puta cabra.

[@madisonv4533]

These are the highlights of my day.

[@joelbrady92]

Vilant V amen

[@connermcnulty6589]

Vilant V yea I have no life so this is what I look forward to all day

[@irfansyarafi800]

So much WINNING!!! 😂😂😂

[@samfrank8069]

This was a high quality video. Desi did a good segment.

[@char6518]

Vilant V me too

[@gabdominates]

This was so, so good. The ASL translator had me laughing like a choking goose

[@theflameoftruth729]

gabdominates I took ASL in high school and remember how crucial facial expressions are (have to make up for not being able to utilize tone of voice or vocal inflection) so I knew it was going to be good. I didn't know it would be THAT good though lol! I was dying

[@ymrbleav9577]

theflameoftruth My gosh, I laughed so dang hard at that. My face was still kinda hurting way afterwards! lol!!!

[@GrahamCStrouse]

gabdominates She was pretty awesome!

[@lilygrace6605]

Did anyone notice how the French first lady put her arm around Melania? I think she knew perfectly well what he said, and felt badly.

[@GiacomodellaSvezia]

It was lost on him, but it may have meant something to Melania.

[@thynguyen911]

lily deufel I'm confident that she understood him 100%. Those are simple sentences.

[@shoegal]

I thought she was pushing out Melania infront of her to protect herself.

[@donnabrown8582]

I’ll bet Melania divorces trump as soon as she is able

[@hao9508]

@@thynguyen911 even hard sentence people with their level of education speaks English fluently.

[@rhythmelia]

I love that after the ASL interpreter Trevor signs ASL applause to close out the segment :D

[@nessunodorme3888]

No shit? That is cool!

[@abomejohn]

Yes. I was so happy to see that. I appreciate when people are aware but also use these gestures for the deaf and educate people of it.

[@barrettdecutler8979]

Aww, didn't catch that.

[@monex5]

"Whose gonna pay for the wall" "Not Mexico" Don't worry. We knew that too..

[@ladydeerheart1]

First I'd like to share a bit ...I started teaching myself sign when I was six, after seeing the deaf students in my school and being immediately facinated by their joy. When I grew up and started my family my second son was born early and lost his hearing at 2 months old. I've been signing for over five decades. The day trump was elected every deaf/hh person on earth simultaneously gave trump the exact same sign name. It was magical!!! You can guess what it is .. his hair flapping on the top of his head. Sign language is clearly a visual language. If you want to interpret you must use facial expressions and body language to be accurate. You're taught to show the emotions on your face and with your body. All of that being said for no real reason... I LOVE that sign intrepretor! She needs her own show! I'm afraid I'm going to need you to tell us who she is. That was FANTASTIC!!!

[@beforezeegermansa]

I teach English as a second language and on many occasions, my students have asked me "How come I understand Donald Trump's speeches and interviews, but can't pass the listening part of TOEFL exam?" ... I'm also Russian and a translator, and I absolutely agree that he is easy to translate because he builds his sentences like a 5th grader. Also, you should check out some nonsensical speeches of Russian politicians we have to deal with, where they combine two or three different proverbs that have no English equivalent... So, there was no reason to kick that poor Russian translator off the panel lol =)

[@LittlMissYesss]

beforezeegermansa i

[@styleme111]

OMG! Many students I work with said the same thing! They were like "I NEVER understood Obama, but Trump talks like a kindergartner so I can understand :D" Interesting.

[@SchulzEricT]

Were this only an educational show then I'd agree, but because of their agenda (politically, hating trump, but also, you know, valuing humor above all else) I can understand it. I don't think he would've fit within the structure of this segment. But I do wish they would've left him on there; I was curious as to how and why he differed from the others.

[@sergey.yagodin]

agree

[@sergey.yagodin]

that's right

[@jascvideorambles3369]

Any Translator that attempts to translate Trump accurately for a prolonged period of time will end up looking like the Mouth of Sauron.

[@nguyenyen3584]

They could suffer fates worse than that.

[@tamcon72]

They'd have to kill Kellyanne first. She is the official MoS.

[@whitepeoplewonttearitdown1127]

And for the same reason I always thought that Obama was the mouth of Karl Marx.

[@aaroncurtis8545]

I've been calling Sarah Huckabee Sanders that for a while now.

[@Kingrob30]

We're talking about the live version, right?

[@dehartfamily3091]

Trevor Trevor. When he first started, I wasn't ready for Jon Stewart to retire. I didn't want to like someone else, so I would skip over all the videos. I watched one & got hooked. He isn't the same, he's different than Stewart - but I know why Stewart tapped him in as a replacement. He does this material justice in his own style & we like it. We really like it.

[@brianlacy8870]

agreed ... I love him most when he gets serious vs the twitler imitations ... but overall ... so impressed w his sense of humanity, humor and incredibly incisive cross cultural observations . a true gem!

[@Elle-ml6ij]

Same here..I wasnt ready. But I see why Jon Stewart chose Trevor💕

[@DuranmanX]

Usually it's Americans that have to say "excuse me for my French" but now we have to say "excuse me for my President"

[@whitepeoplewonttearitdown1127]

I have said that for the last eight years.

[@theflameoftruth729]

I love how the French first lady reached her arm out to touch Melania like she felt bad. As if to say "I'm so sorry you have this man for a husband".

[@emyf9197]

theflameoftruth more likely, she looked uncomfortable n used melania as her shield lol

[@Tracymmo]

I agree with Tiki80. She looked like she was looking for safety, something women do when facing a lech.

[@Areanyusernamesleft]

Tiki80 it could have been be some of both, feeling disturbed as well as embarrassed a for Melania.

[@dimthedemonslayer]

more like she tries to hide herself. All her body language scream uncomfortable.

[@RyanScottForReal]

She wanted it over as soon as possible, like all of us.

[@sittentotheright]

"I have the best words." Lol. Who voted for this guy. Lol🤣

[@Gogetta80]

rotten otten o everyone in my bible belt family unfortunately

[@tomaskuli177]

Idiots

[@marknelson6103]

“I have a good you know”, as he points to an empty space between his ears.

[@MrGerdbrecht]

Where has capitalism king trump any christian values? I dont understand where he is the good by even bible standards?

[@ray7845]

People who know fewer of "the best words" ;P

[@Keinish79]

so all of those guys are, well, interpreters. They may be translators too, but they are interpreting

[@jffgvzla]

-"who´s gonna pay for the wall?" -Not mexico.... lol

[@surf37]

Jose F Franco García ...they are actually paying for the wall through Tariffs now...so you’re wrong ...you may or may like trump but he’s done just about everything he promised and more...

[@fishu1947]

"Whose gonna pay for the wall?" "n0 MÉXICO" YO I DIED

[@moldovanca]

I love how the Russian translator was kicked out right away. If you need a Russian translator, daily show, I'm available. I will make all the necessary obscene gestures.

[@joeNannaC]

Moldovanca Be careful what you're getting into girl... 😁

[@shuntarofurukawa4807]

Moldovanca it was staged

[@avjake]

Good luck in your pursuits, Angelica!

[@nothingposted9056]

Make the seagull one first, that embodies him pretty well.

[@teresanaranjo490]

Trevor, who speaks 6 languages understand that there are times you cannot convey the exact meaning of a sentence when translating. It's weird but utterly true!

[@oremfrien]

However, it is easier to translate a coherent sentence, even if it has numerous complexities and local irregularities than an incoherent sentence. This is because, with a coherent sentence, the information being conveyed is clear. With an incoherent sentence, the information is not clear at all and you have to guess what the intended information is. This is why it is easier to translate Nietzche for most translators/interpreters than Trump.

[@melanieryan128]

He's the most embarrassing human being on earth. Period. That said, this video is hilarious.

[@ErykaSoleil]

Oh, man. I hadn't even considered how hard it must be to take Trump's tremendous words and put them into another language.

[@elchapojunior3091]

I'm starting to think Hodor from Game of Thrones is smarter than Trump, Hodor 2020!

[@devenbranch3178]

ElChapo Junior lmao

[@williamshinn1319]

TRUUUUUU

[@jascvideorambles3369]

And Orders of margins more dignity.

[@LadyAneh]

Hodor at least has a moral compass.

[@alexperaza9475]

News commentators: "In a stirring speech, President Hodor either announced a ban on all Hodors or welcomed them to our country with open arms. It's one of those."

[@DanBrown96]

Let’s be honest, he wasn’t hitting on Macron’s wife. He’s speaking to his surprise that she looks good despite her age. A diplomat he is not.

[@nfspbarrister5681]

Oh honey. The rest of us got eyes. If you did not see he is leering on Mrs Macron, you are amongst the lucky ones to never experienced sexual harrasement. The rest of us the unlucky ones, knows that look. Creeper look.

[@BirthDecline]

Never heard of "beef curtains" before, never gonna be able to unhear it :)

[@gabrielcoimbra7887]

I live in Brazil and I can confirm that translators have a hard time trying to translate Trumps words and trying to make some sense of it

[@estauricossauro]

Difícil saber quem está pior, nós ou eles...

[@isadoracostahamsi163]

estauricossauro pelo menos eles votaram no maluco deles

[@Vank4o]

Do they also try to make him sound much more eloquent than he is? Because in German they do, I think in sheer desperation to make sense of his twaddle. They also make his tweets sound almost coherent and intelligent when they translate them. Do they do this also with his tweets in Portuguese?

[@GamesXanimeX3]

When I saw the news last week, they only translated half of the tweet which did not include the "Sad" word. But they did translate such bullcrap as: This is indeed the greatest Witch hunting in history, my son is elloquent, etc.

[@schin9307]

I'd have an easier time understanding Portugese. And im a chinese living in Southeast Asia.

[@barrettdecutler8979]

And that's why I love sign language. Interpreters have hard jobs.

[@Gottenhimfella]

This might help: *Trump Talk Translated:* "Many People have told me" = Voices in my head "A lot of people don't know" = I just learned "Believe me" = I just lied _(optional; if omitted, it is implied)_ "In Fact ..." = I'm about to lie "He's a great guy" = I will deny ever knowing this person after they begin to tell the truth about me "MAGA" = Enriching me off American federal-tax-payers (whom I am proud *not* to be one of) "Nobody knew" = Everyone knew except me "Huge" = moderate to below average in size "Loser" = someone who makes me feel inferior due to their talent or accomplishments "Policy Briefing" = Fox and Friends, Hannity, Carlson or Alex Jones "Reaching out to the people" = Rage-tweeting from the toilet "Liar" = Someone who tells the truth about me "Fake News" = True things said about me by others "Locker room talk" = True things said about me by me Ah yes. *Donald J Trump:* The "self made man" who had a million dollar bank balance by age eight The “patriot” whose Daddy dodged his draft for him. The “billionaire” who hides his tax returns. The “genius” who hides his college grades. The “businessman” who bankrupted 3 casinos and lost over $1B in 10 years. The “playboy” who pays for sex. The “Christian” who wants churches packed _(to worship him?)_ at the height of a pandemic. he “philanthropist” who defrauds charity. The “innocent man” who refuses to testify and prevents those who could exonerate him from doing the same.

[@barrettdecutler8979]

@@Gottenhimfella Yeah, I've seen that on Twitter.

[@sylvianolastname6606]

@@Gottenhimfella 😆😆😆😆 Love it!! You nailed it! 👍 He is all that. Seriously. He's mind boggling at times. He's definitely NOT all there and has major personality disorders. I'm guessing; Borderline, which is similar to bi-pilorism. Borderline? Is more common with men.

[@JeddtheJedi]

I felt so sorry for the Japanese translator.

[@kevinalexander4052]

"Damn Girl! You want to try some of this baguette"? " if I was The Interpreter I would have said my boy wants to smash"! Everytime I think Trevor can't get any funnier 🎉POW🎉 he gets me. 👍✌

[@layla8830]

How happy the Japanese translator was when asked about the cat haha

[@tobiasrodrigues1]

In Sweden we understand English, unfortunately.

[@misaeldoesanimation4408]

of course the russian has no problem

[@phantomtq]

why?

[@user-ix9dy4eu9k]

😂😂😂😂Lol I didn't even realize until ur comment

[@phantomtq]

@@user-ix9dy4eu9k why?

[@user-ix9dy4eu9k]

@@phantomtq oh it's because trump is alleged to have an alliance with Russia ..like they help him win elections ..so it was a joke about that

[@phantomtq]

@@user-ix9dy4eu9k ohh... and right after he became president he sanctioned russia haha i dont really know how you americans think

[@nanajiloh]

I'm an interpreter and man, it's a hard work. Especially when the speaker in incoherent. We do sound completely stupid and incompetent when translating them. People tend to shoot the messenger and think it's our fault the speech is messy or confusing.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

Meanwhile all the english speakers are telling them “no, your interpreters got it right” How many interpreters would it take before they realize it isn’t the interpreters, it is the person they are interpreting?

[@SaadouneZinji]

Noah and Colbert keep me sane!

[@LittleBlueOwl318]

and Seth Meyers

[@CNWhatImSaiyan]

dg 4 *WHY ISNT HE BACK?!*

[@captainweasel-ew4tg]

Of course the Russian interpreter can understand Trump he is colluding with him

[@internalflame317]

why do people want ww3

[@tanner1ful]

Oh shit really? Is that why???? You must be smart af how did you figure that out! Wow . I never seen a smarter comment in my life.

[@Deroliebe]

Aww you made that sweet Japanese lady say "beef curtains" LOL

[@twdjt6245]

Anyone else notice that as he was saying it, the French First Lady kind of like gravitated toward Melania for physical comfort lmao.

[@jeongahsong9229]

It reminded me of a Korean interpreter back in the last presidential campaign. A few major broadcasters hired simultaneous interpreters for each candidate, one for Hillary and another for Donald Trump. The interpreter for Trump was so good in his delivery that Trump sounded more articulate and more measured in Korean than he was in English. 😮

[@Human_Earthling]

One of Desi Lydic's absolute best! I love that woman!

[@wesley300427]

I've been married for 18 years. When I see another female friend of mine or my wife I may say that's a lovely dress you're wearing. I have never in our marriage complimented another woman's figure.

[@maybeIAMthetuba]

Why did you feel the need to share this?

[@joshodom9046]

He was implying that trump's comments were out of line

[@vanknip4320]

Trump wasn't hitting on her. He was insulting her. Literally saying she looks okay, because he expects her to look old and decrepit. So basically it was more or less him saying you look okay enough for such an old woman.

[@intigonzalez-herrera711]

I agree with that interpretation. BTW, it is offensive and sexist and another example of how sick this guy is.

[@monkeyboydesign]

So you're saying his doucheness wasn't superficial, you have to read between the lines to appreciate it. Ok.

[@janetsnakehole9345]

NOT the fucking POTUS....if he has ANY class whatsoever!

[@katychronister3200]

Van Knip

[@dehartfamily3091]

The double edge of plastic surgery & being rich/famous. If you look your age people wonder why you don't get some work done, and if you look too young they say "Well, if I was rich I'd look like that too."

[@lovelyyellow148]

Oh, God. The Japanese translator looked so sad at 3:55 that I had to stop the video and cry for ten minutes.

[@Laser0rick]

That sign language lady is amazing.

[@CamelDance]

I also absolutely love Trevor clapping at the end!

[@lurkingheretic]

And more or less correct. I studied ASL, and facial expressions are part of the language.

[@muhammaduzair-rovingforfoo555]

Trump to French First Lady 'let's go to room and do covfefe'

[@lenering1084]

They are not translators, they are interpreters. The difference? Translators: they work with legal documents, letters, newspaper, books. Interpreters: they work just with the verbal communication (the use of sounds and words to express yourself).

[@mlpfanboy1701]

I doubt translators would have an easier time with his language patterns.

[@Goldnotsilver]

He Hit on his own daughter on national television, why wouldn't he do the same to somebody else's Wife? 😂😂

[@Splatzloki]

9 out of 10 for "first time in my entire life I've seen sign language redacted" 1 point deduction for censorship

[@EricBrinkman]

Hahaha, I love how the Spanish translator refuses (without "training") to say Mexico will pay for Trump's imaginary wall. ;)

[@mychannelhasonly1videojust456]

who needs class when you have orange?

[@Top_Dawg360]

How is Trump gonna hit on a girl infront of his wife? *Cringe*

[@lovelove-jx9qt]

exactly. he has no shame

[@neghiethervil5606]

He opens his pot hole and vomits shit for brains.

[@nicolescott5509]

Honestly, trump is sick, but who cares? This wife is far from dignified and respectable. She had a husband and kids when she started a relationship with her current husband (her student). Trash. They deserve each other's company. I bet they and the equally trashy trump's got along very well.

[@nicolescott5509]

love love Neither does she. That undignified, classless, trashy creep had a husband and children when she started an affair with her student (her current husband). Her husband is trash for marrying someone so tacky and she is trash for being so tacky. They and the trashy trump's are like two peas in a pod.

[@pamelacass9642]

Nicole Scott That's your issue? Really? Trump cheated on wife 1 with 2, 2 with 3, and if he hadn't become prez #4 was in the wings. Really.

[@hollyfae_art]

I love how Trevor applauded in Sign Language 💕

[@louieberg2942]

If you didn't know the context of what Trump said and without visuals, you'd think he was describing a horse or a car.

[@Rabeshin]

"Russian Kramer aside"

[@denidj2008]

Interpreters hold the world peace in their interpretations !!!! Woooah !!!

[@jdb1027]

Thank you for clapping in sign language after a bit featuring deaf culture. That's incredible.

[@nataleesteele1688]

"who's gonna pay for the wall!?" "no Mexico" 😂😂

[@josephinedevore8124]

Dezzy: Who's gonna pay for the wall? Mexican translator: not Mexico.

[@Montesama314]

"This beautiful mime was right!" That's not a phrase you ever expect to hear in your lifetime.

[@alvacardona6243]

Newsflash, Mr. President: you don't have to comment on the appearance of every woman you meet. You definitely don't compliment or insult the physique of the men you interact with, so why do you subject respectable females to your compulsive need to casually objectify them? Can't you greet members of the opposite sex like a normal person? Jeez...

[@SpectralKnight]

To be fair to the President he isn't a normal person by any definition of the word. He is so far detached from reality and this world if there weren't a hundred people trying to limit how much he fucked up at all times he would have accidentally nuclear warred everyone to death within 20 min of getting access to them.

[@shuntarofurukawa4807]

Alva Cardona I'm sorry do you need your safe space? No problem it's in a rocket that's going to fly up into outer space and never come back

[@alvacardona6243]

No, I don't need a safe space. Thank you for "offering" one, though (how chivalrous of you?). I just had an opinion and criticized Trump on KZbin, even though I knew the risk: the possibility that some a**hole would try to make me feel bad about speaking out against the President's misogyny. So, no thank you. I don't need a safe space. Also, since when has a comment section on KZbin being a safe space for people to speak their minds, anyway? I know this is troll territory. LOL! 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@alvacardona6243]

Whether this is safe space or not, I'm going to voice out my dissent and express my disgust against the way President Trump treats women and only values them for their looks.

[@katem5520]

Alva Cardona you go girl 🙌👏👍🔥

[@dumisanidanielmanganye3185]

Desi: "who's gonna pay for the wall?" Translator: "Not Mexico"🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🤞👏👏👏👏💯

[@danielpodwysocki4582]

Emmanuel Macron knows English. A huge part of EU knows english. In more demanding fields (like politics) it's hard to find somebody who doesn't know at least basic English :P

[@crimsonwires]

Actually, Macron is the first French president to speak good English. Spanish and Italian leaders are also not that good with English, and politicians aside, I'd say at least 60% of Europeans don't speak proper English, and actually do go through the "translated Trump" experience.

[@karsten9895]

crimsonwires Agreed that Chirac, Sarkozy and Hollande spoke hardly any English and that Mediterranen leaders's English skills are rudimentary (with exceptions), but their command of English probably still surpasses that of Trump!

[@j.s.a.5346]

Search for Guenther Oettinger speaking English. Germany only sends its best!

[@karsten9895]

J.S.A. Der war böse! LOL

[@kasperutz6257]

- It's Trump who's the one that doesn't know even basic English.

[@JustAnotherDayToday]

"Damn girl... want some of this baguette?" 😂

[@brianlacy8870]

well... more like a muffin top or peasant loaf...

[@chinonyeremokeke6560]

I wasn't ready

[@ronrendon]

The BEEF CURTAINS part has me in stitches! OMG! Too f-ing Funny!

[@julietteSoul]

OMG!!!!! The nerve of Trump saying that in front of his wife !!!!!

[@matthewo2227]

i doubt his wife cares if he compliments an old lady. Shes like 65.

[@Tracymmo]

That "old lady" could kick your ass.

[@Phos9]

I kinda think that for trump to be correctly translated into ASL, the translator needs to be wearing oven mitts.

[@ttrev007]

New love for translators. Especially the sign language translator. She was really cool.

[@jasonb3085]

wow that was way funnier than I thought

[@kingguy3]

You don't grab them by the bifu katenusu?

[@TheBleachj16]

Alvin Kae Cabato I grab them by the neko-chan

[@Maniac_7_7_7]

It shouldn't have been. Trevor Noah is a misinformed piece of shit.

[@spectralight8412]

Cam trump is just as misinformed about how to be president as you think trevor is in general.

[@whitewall4403]

Spectra light it quite the opposite Trevor a comedian know more about politics give me a break you sound like you kissing ass right know you can't really put comedian and say their know more about politics then being funny

[@todo3602]

Just impeach him already. This isn't even news anymore.

[@TJ-bg4fw]

TohDoh Cant yet

[@angagkacarmelita4363]

TohDoh not yet pls. it's like a vitamin to laugh out loud hahaha.

[@T7machinimas]

like they impeached bill after he had an affair with his secretary during his presidency? Oh wait the difference is that Trump is innocent unlike shithead bill

[@shuntarofurukawa4807]

T7machinimas THE FUCKING RUSSIA SHIT IS FAKE NEWS! WHAT DONT YOU UNDERSTAND, I HATE ARGUING BUT ITS THE TRUTH. The Donald trump jr thing is still a possibility but EVERYTHING before that is all BS!

[@spectralight8412]

T7machinimas No president has yet to be fully impeached, I can't believe people still have the will to defend trump who has deliberately shown to be a real shithead.

[@humility1st]

This is great! I come back every year or so. ASL is so authentic! So many ways to give the finger.

[@adrianjohnson2282]

When you have to censor ASL....

[@heldersilva6672]

Thing is, a huge amount of people in the world understands English. Almost everyone knows Trump isn't very smart. The translators point of view is different- They have a job they need to keep. If a translator tries to translate Trump word-by-word, his boss will think something like: "This translator is dumb as fuck!", "I bet he isn't even translating right." Wouldn't You do the same? Wouldn't You make Trump seem smarter, just to keep Your job?

[@mmawithsubtitles7460]

Helder Silva true I have softened the blow in translation more times than I can count.

[@antonquintus578]

A translator's true job is to convey meaning. With Trump's rambling style, it is very difficult to repeat his words to anyone without sounding off, never mind doing it in a different language. Trump is a master of the psychosis people have where they only hear what they want to, so his style translates very well to audiences who are not seeking any real information or new ideas, but wish only to be told over and over again what they already believe.

[@undyingsoul3949]

No. It's your opinion that he isn't very smart. Many people view him as very smart. Telling by his opinions and what he's been achieving, it's more likely that he's actually pretty intelligent. He just doesn't bow down to politically correct speech.

[@oremfrien]

@@antonquintus578 Exactly!

[@oremfrien]

@@undyingsoul3949 Please give me one policy of Trump's and one articulation of his that shows, in your view, that he is "actually pretty intelligent".

[@eland65]

And when he says "u look beautiful", she hides behind melania...

[@ray7845]

He forgot his wife was there again. I suppose dementia will get us all if we live long enough.

[@sarah18497]

@@ray7845 Dementia is tragic and horrifying. Their mistakes are honest. Trump is just...Well...That is obviously not dementia.

[@AL-HD]

actually! Donald Trump would make a lot of sense in Arabic 🤣, cuz we have many crazy Dictators and religion figures who speak like him.

[@hamdichami4636]

Can't relate any less

[@haerdy1337]

....therefore, russian translator - have no problems LOL

[@MrBamafan2570]

AL Haidar 😂😂😂😂 your IQ is the same as a potato

[@AL-HD]

Jackson Tide still higher than yours.

[@emawerna]

It shows. The Saudis projected his face on the side of a building while he was visiting and so got him to sign whatever piece of paper they put in front of him.

[@BerthaRios]

Bless that ASL translator for keeping true to how Trump speaks.

[@panicwithcompulsion]

I really do love how easy it is to convey facial expressions for ASL interpreters. Facial expressions are already a huge part of signing, so it kind of comes more naturally to mirror Trump accurately. Word inflection is also easier because most words have a direct counterpart.

[@unicornk1d]

"Russian Kramer" GOT ME

[@victorialazareva]

I don't get it. Can you explain, please?

[@3dsaulgoodman43]

@@victorialazareva Kramer is a character from a very famous sitcom called Seinfeld. He looks like the Russian translator/interpreter.

[@victorialazareva]

@@3dsaulgoodman43 thank you for explaining this to me :)

[@3dsaulgoodman43]

@@victorialazareva You waited 2 years for this🤣🤣🤣

[@victorialazareva]

@@3dsaulgoodman43 not really waited, I completely forgot about this video and the joke I didn't get

[@TheRishabhkumar]

*Trump hitting on French First Lady* Trumpbots be like- "Yeah I can relate to that. Best President ever.."

[@internetsuperhero2581]

Dude said “ it’s hard to translate Trump because, he changes his mind in the middle of his sentence “ I’m dying 😂😂

[@christophermartinez2123]

I think his wife was like what the fuck

[@beefaroni9038]

The Russian lol

[@St3wie]

Best one xD

[@SpectralKnight]

to be fair though they probably get a copy of all speeches in advance so they kinda know where he was supposed to go with things ;)

[@AA123TD]

SpectreDragon he rarely writes or reads speeches.

[@WeareIF]

Aisha Abdikarim he rarely reads or writes!!

[@Robin-of2jt]

this is a great video but it keeps calling interpreters "translators" and thats not accurate. Interpreters are there for oral/signed communication and translators work with written communication.

[@siiiiiuu7]

He's so disgusting. And so obsessed with the superficial nature of peoples' bodies even though he looks like an ogre. Yuck. I need a long, burning hot shower.

[@jennithywong2704]

That's true. Daresay, a perfect description of Bill Clinton.

[@robertcarlclayton7724]

+wutup5566 so, paid troll, I see you 've hit every thread with your nonsense. Yet you have ZERO proof of any of it. Putin should fire your weak ass.

[@theRealAV8r]

No POTUS has been perfect, they all have their flaws, but at least many had better vocab than a 7 year old and could actually put together an administration and govern, whether you liked their politics or not. His problem is he's both personally reprehensible AND laughably incompetent at the highly cerebral daily grind of being POTUS. Waaaaaay out of his shallow depth of being just the flashy face of a family boutique brand business, where his kids and execs did all the real work. That crap clearly isn't working in the WH - it'd be funny if the stakes weren't so high.