Post by Teddy Bear on Mar 14, 2013 19:09:36 GMT
This story shows the complete disregard and lack of respect the BBC holds for the millions of Catholics world wide.
It's not everyday a new Pope is elected, and considering the event, one would think that the BBC would make sure whoever is going to translate the words of the incoming Pope, they would be familiar with the English terminology and expressions likely to be used.
I don't know yet who's decision it was to use the Italian translator they did, but clearly he had no religious background, judging how he tried to translate the Lord's Prayer. Was it the BBC's Muslim head of religion idea of a dig at Christianity, or the decision of just some secular idiot that felt any religious background of this individual was not relevant or important?
I cannot imagine them doing the same if it was to translate a sermon or speech of an Islamic Imam, so why do they think this would be acceptable?
Outrageous!
Video of part of the translation is available on the webpage below, or via this link.
It's not everyday a new Pope is elected, and considering the event, one would think that the BBC would make sure whoever is going to translate the words of the incoming Pope, they would be familiar with the English terminology and expressions likely to be used.
I don't know yet who's decision it was to use the Italian translator they did, but clearly he had no religious background, judging how he tried to translate the Lord's Prayer. Was it the BBC's Muslim head of religion idea of a dig at Christianity, or the decision of just some secular idiot that felt any religious background of this individual was not relevant or important?
I cannot imagine them doing the same if it was to translate a sermon or speech of an Islamic Imam, so why do they think this would be acceptable?
Outrageous!
Video of part of the translation is available on the webpage below, or via this link.
'He is clearly not a Catholic! Viewers slam BBC's Pope election coverage after on-air translator fails to decipher the Lord's Prayer and the Hail Mary correctly
By Paul Revoir
The BBC came under fire this evening for its coverage of the election of the new pope after viewers complained that the on-air translator could not even turn the Lord’s Prayer into correct English.
Viewers were taken aback at the attempts of the translator to make the words of Cardinal Bergoglio, who will be known as Pope Francis, understandable to the audience.
People posted their concerns on to websites like Twitter as the linguist clearly struggled his way through the speech by the Argentinian, who spoke in Italian.
Furious Twitter reaction to the BBC's coverage of the Pope's election after translator fails to correctly translate the Hail Mary and Our Father into English
One wrote: ‘BBC translator now in pits of despair and given up entirely.’ Another added: ‘Awkward moment when the BBC translator doesn't know the Hail Mary or Our Father!!’ One added: ‘Very loose translations of the Lord's Prayer and the Hail Mary from the BBC translator.’
Another said: ‘You’d think the BBC could have found a translator that knew the Lord’s prayer. Even I know it.’ One viewer said: ‘The BBC translator appears not to know that the Pope is saying the Lord's Prayer? Or perhaps isn't familiar with English version?’
The Lord's Prayer is a central prayer in Christianity also commonly known as Our Father and in the Latin tongue as the Pater Noster.
The Lord's Prayer is one of the best loved and most spoken prayers on the planet. At Easter Sunday it is thought that over 2 billion people worldwide recite the prayer.
Viewers watched as the 76-year-old was welcomed by tens of thousands of overjoyed Catholics in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City after his election was revealed this afternoon at 6pm GMT when white smoke poured out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel.
Pope Francis becomes the first South American Pontiff and the first Jesuit to hold the title.
His South American origin - also making him the first non-European Pope - is a significant move for the Church, taking the Papacy to a continent in which 42 per cent of the world's Catholics live.
Known as an avid reformer, he becomes the third non-Italian Pope in a row, having being born and spent his life in the Argentinian capital.
He began his address to the crowd with a joke, saying that his brother cardinals had gathered to pick a bishop of Rome 'and they have chosen one from far away but here I am'. He then asked for prayers for his living predecessor.
He said: 'First and foremost I would like to pray for our emeritus Pope Benedict XVI that Christ and the Madonna watch over him.
'Let us being this journey together, this journey for the Roman Catholic Church. It's a journey of friendship and love and faith between us. Let us pray for one another, let us pray for all the world.'
Then he asks the crowd to be silent for a moment and pray for him as he accepted his new position. 'I'd ask you to pray to God so that he can bless me,' Pope Francis said, leading a silent prayer, followed by a loud cheer from the crowd.
He said that the world 'should set off on a path of love and fraternity', leaving the address by saying to the crowds: 'Good night and I wish you a peaceful rest.'
- On-air translator could not even turn the Lord’s Prayer into correct English
- Viewer tweeted: ‘BBC translator now in pits of despair and given up entirely’
By Paul Revoir
The BBC came under fire this evening for its coverage of the election of the new pope after viewers complained that the on-air translator could not even turn the Lord’s Prayer into correct English.
Viewers were taken aback at the attempts of the translator to make the words of Cardinal Bergoglio, who will be known as Pope Francis, understandable to the audience.
People posted their concerns on to websites like Twitter as the linguist clearly struggled his way through the speech by the Argentinian, who spoke in Italian.
Furious Twitter reaction to the BBC's coverage of the Pope's election after translator fails to correctly translate the Hail Mary and Our Father into English
One wrote: ‘BBC translator now in pits of despair and given up entirely.’ Another added: ‘Awkward moment when the BBC translator doesn't know the Hail Mary or Our Father!!’ One added: ‘Very loose translations of the Lord's Prayer and the Hail Mary from the BBC translator.’
Another said: ‘You’d think the BBC could have found a translator that knew the Lord’s prayer. Even I know it.’ One viewer said: ‘The BBC translator appears not to know that the Pope is saying the Lord's Prayer? Or perhaps isn't familiar with English version?’
The Lord's Prayer is a central prayer in Christianity also commonly known as Our Father and in the Latin tongue as the Pater Noster.
The Lord's Prayer is one of the best loved and most spoken prayers on the planet. At Easter Sunday it is thought that over 2 billion people worldwide recite the prayer.
Viewers watched as the 76-year-old was welcomed by tens of thousands of overjoyed Catholics in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City after his election was revealed this afternoon at 6pm GMT when white smoke poured out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel.
Pope Francis becomes the first South American Pontiff and the first Jesuit to hold the title.
THE LORD'S PRAYER IN FULL
Our Father who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name;
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
His South American origin - also making him the first non-European Pope - is a significant move for the Church, taking the Papacy to a continent in which 42 per cent of the world's Catholics live.
Known as an avid reformer, he becomes the third non-Italian Pope in a row, having being born and spent his life in the Argentinian capital.
He began his address to the crowd with a joke, saying that his brother cardinals had gathered to pick a bishop of Rome 'and they have chosen one from far away but here I am'. He then asked for prayers for his living predecessor.
He said: 'First and foremost I would like to pray for our emeritus Pope Benedict XVI that Christ and the Madonna watch over him.
'Let us being this journey together, this journey for the Roman Catholic Church. It's a journey of friendship and love and faith between us. Let us pray for one another, let us pray for all the world.'
Then he asks the crowd to be silent for a moment and pray for him as he accepted his new position. 'I'd ask you to pray to God so that he can bless me,' Pope Francis said, leading a silent prayer, followed by a loud cheer from the crowd.
He said that the world 'should set off on a path of love and fraternity', leaving the address by saying to the crowds: 'Good night and I wish you a peaceful rest.'