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Fake Tanzanian translator arrested
10 Feb 2017 at 09:35hrs | Views
A Tanzanian tour guide who shamed his countrymen in an undated video while translating a tourist's message from English to Swahili has been arrested.
According to edaily.co.ke, the country's minister for tourism Professor Jumanne Maghembe says after watching the video clip he ordered for the arrest of the tour guide.
Read translation below:
FOREIGNER: "Hi. My visit to Tanzania has been beautiful and gorgeous. The people are fabulously wonderful and friendly. Greetings are always jambo. I am happy to be here. The land is beautiful, the animals are wonderful."
TRANSLATOR: "She is saying that you, Tanzanians, like to complain about hunger. Every day you lament that you are hungry yet you have vegetables at home that you can boil and eat. Why don't you do so? She is urging you to stop whining (Anasema Watanzania mnalia sana njaa! Kila siku mnalia njaa, wakati mna maua nyumbani. Si mchemshe maua mnywe? Anasema si vizuri kulia njaa)"
According to edaily.co.ke, the country's minister for tourism Professor Jumanne Maghembe says after watching the video clip he ordered for the arrest of the tour guide.
Read translation below:
FOREIGNER: "Hi. My visit to Tanzania has been beautiful and gorgeous. The people are fabulously wonderful and friendly. Greetings are always jambo. I am happy to be here. The land is beautiful, the animals are wonderful."
TRANSLATOR: "She is saying that you, Tanzanians, like to complain about hunger. Every day you lament that you are hungry yet you have vegetables at home that you can boil and eat. Why don't you do so? She is urging you to stop whining (Anasema Watanzania mnalia sana njaa! Kila siku mnalia njaa, wakati mna maua nyumbani. Si mchemshe maua mnywe? Anasema si vizuri kulia njaa)"
Source - edaily.co.ke
