Leonid S. Chekin
List of John Benjamins publications for which Leonid S. Chekin plays a role.
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2023 First Secretary Gierek, President Carter, and the president’s Polish interpreter: An analysis of an awkward diplomatic encounter based on new archival evidence Babel 69:6, pp. 725–748 | Article
During President Carter’s visit to Warsaw in 1977, his interpreter into Polish, Steven Seymour, allegedly made major mistakes. American journalists learned of these mistakes from their Polish colleagues and gloated over what they considered erotic overtones in Seymour’s interpretation. There is… read more