"Say in Russian words": a linguistic curiosity happened in Zaporizhzhia after a basketball match (video)
Behind the scenes in the video, which was distributed on the X network, you can hear how the representative of the club allowed him to translate into Russian, but emphasized the use of the letter "r". Before that, the translator tried to voice Lavings in Ukrainian, but he did not succeed, to which the player himself asked if everything was okay. "come on ok. . . Say in Russian words, but the letter "g" is not with this. . .
", - the words of a club representative who could not resist because the translator could not cope with the translation into Ukrainian can be heard behind the scenes. Users reacted violently to the incident. They called the situation "shameful" and called for a man who works as a translator in a Ukrainian basketball club and cannot cope with it with translation from English to Ukrainian. "God, what a cringe," one user wrote.
In the comments, it was also suggested to hire a translator from Russian to Ukrainian. "It's a shame. Hire an interpreter from Russian to Nightingale," said another, to which he received the reply that two interpreters to communicate with an American "is a lot. " It should be noted that BC "Zaporizhia" signed a contract with the American one legionnaire Braxton Lavingson at the end of July, reported on the website of the Basketball Federation of Ukraine.
In the previous season, he made his debut in European basketball for BC "Kryvbas", where he became one of the leaders of the team and excelled in defense and attack. During the Oct. 18 game, Braxton Lovings also showed himself as one of the best players, scoring 25 points. We will remind, on October 16, Oleksandr Usyk commented on rumors about participation in the elections in a comment for "Noviny. LIVE". Earlier, the Russian champion Oleksandr Tikhonov called to make Hiroshima from Finland.