Speaking at a press conference during a recent visit to India, Japanese Prime Minister Masamumi Takashi said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called her his“Beautiful sister.”. However, the Japanese media according to the text published by the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs check found that Modi’s words did not“Beautiful” this expression. Japan’s cabinet confirmed Thursday that Modi did not address takashi as a“Beautiful sister,” citing a simultaneous mistranslation.
Modi referred to Takashi as“My sister” in Hindi at a joint press conference following the July 2 japan-india Summit, the Asahi Shimbun reported. The English translation, published by India’s foreign ministry, is“My younger sister”, without the adjectives“Beautiful” or“Beautiful”. However, Takashi said after Modi’s speech: “Prime Minister Modi just called me a ‘beautiful sister’ and we agreed to continue to treat each other as brother and sister in the future.”
On the 7th, Japanese cabinet chief secretary Minoru Kihara explained at a press conference that the Japanese government learned that Modi was actually saying“My sister, Prime Minister Takashi.”. Takashi used the term“Beautiful sister” because the Japanese government hired a simultaneous interpreter who mistranslated Modi’s speech.
Japanese media said the term“Sister” was an initiative by Koshi. Takashi said in the meeting that the late former prime minister shinzo Abe had called Modi“Brother”, and she had always regarded Abe as a brother, so she wanted Modi to call her“Sister” in the future.
Some netizens in Japan’s Yahoo news comment area think that what is more noteworthy than whether the translation is accurate is that Takashi actively asked Modi to call himself his“Sister.”. This is out of line. (Wang Jun)