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Raucous rude and simultaneously translated!

Rendering the feisty US presidential debates into Farsi, with BBC Persian

How do you simultaneously interpret a live US presidential debate, when the candidates are talking over each other, and throwing in the odd insult as well? Over to BBC Persian’s top team, Siavash Ardalan and Nicholas Niksadat.
Image: BBC Persian's simultaneous interpreters, alongside President Trump and Joe Biden
Credit: BBC

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