Thursday, March 29, 2007
kenyan news factoid
at 7pm there is news in Swahili, at 9pm there is news in English.
When they use clips of interviews, they never translate from Swahili to English or English to Swahili. So if, during the 9pm news, they show clips of Kenyans relating a matatu accident or talking about regional politics, it’s going to be in Swahili and you just have to try to figure out what is going on. And, if during the 7pm news, they show a clip of Richard Branson visiting Kenya and talking to the news or a politician during a press conference, then it’s just going to be in English and everyone is just assumed to understand enough English to handle it.
You know, the thing about writing a blog from Kenya is that I feel like I get to include extremely mundane things like this, because they are mundane things that folks not in Kenya don't necessarily know.
When they use clips of interviews, they never translate from Swahili to English or English to Swahili. So if, during the 9pm news, they show clips of Kenyans relating a matatu accident or talking about regional politics, it’s going to be in Swahili and you just have to try to figure out what is going on. And, if during the 7pm news, they show a clip of Richard Branson visiting Kenya and talking to the news or a politician during a press conference, then it’s just going to be in English and everyone is just assumed to understand enough English to handle it.
You know, the thing about writing a blog from Kenya is that I feel like I get to include extremely mundane things like this, because they are mundane things that folks not in Kenya don't necessarily know.
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