TdF 2021 - Stage 1 Brest -Landerneau(197.8km)

Mefistofelino

glasso wrote: »

that was actually down to gobshytes who don't know a word of French / pass junior cert level using google translate and writing an "article"

https://road.cc/content/news/breaking-spectator-who-caused-tdf-crash-reportedly-arrested-284517

1) The same source article also mentions- in the same sentence- that the person was a foreign national, " probably German", so "taking flight" is not a huge leap of logic in that translation.

2) road.cc is in precisely no position to take the high moral ground on language ability. They frequently have difficulties with English.

All the "take flight" mistakes quoted the same article from the French newspaper.

Also it's not road.cc who reported this mistake it's insider.com

road.cc quoted them (insider.com) if you read it...

https://www.insider.com/tour-de-france-police-confident-catch-fan-who-caused-crash-2021-6?utmSource=twitter&utmContent=referral&utmTerm=topbar&referrer=twitter

Most outlets sharing the new of the woman's apparent departure on a plane cited a Saturday article from French outlet Ouest-France, focusing on the sentence below:

"Mais juste après l'incident, cette dernière, de nationalité étrangère, probablement allemande, a pris la poudre d'escampette."

When entered into online translation services like Google Translate, the sentence in English reads: "But just after the incident, the latter [the spectator], of foreign nationality, probably German, took to the skies."

the fact that it mentions the person being foreign hardly excuses the cockup.

the fact that the sign was in German was a bit of a clue really.

silverharp

according to a few similar comments, she isnt the Omi , so she did want her grandparents to see her on tv , win/win!

https://twitter.com/Oz9650/status/1410317842306699264