China News Service, August 19. According to Reuters, on the 18th local time, during a press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy's interpreter failed Annoyed by the accurate translation of his speech into English, he acted as a translator himself.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary-General António Guterres after their meeting in Lviv, Ukraine, August 18, 2022
Zelensky prefers to speak in Ukrainian in public, the report said.
After the interpreter had pared down his speech, he turned to the interpreter and said sharply, "I'm talking about the window of possibility. I'm saying the problem can't be solved because..."
He continued, "Then I said 'Slava Ukraini' (meaning 'Glory to Ukraine')," and the interpreter quickly replied in English: "Glory to Ukraine."
"Thank you so much. It's important," Zelensky said.
The report pointed out that he was clearly annoyed.