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Is good fortune lost in translation? (Photo: German EU presidency)

Berlin declaration's 'fortune' is lost in translation

The Berlin Declaration presented by German chancellor Angela Merkel last weekend uses the German word "Glück" – meaning fortune or happiness - but the word has been avoided in other language versions of the declaration. That is "political translation," says one professor.

The declaration, adopted during the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaties in Berlin on Sunday (25 March), says in German that "We, the citizens in the European Union, are united zu unserem Glück...

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Is good fortune lost in translation? (Photo: German EU presidency)

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