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Well kind of.  Poor translator, having to translate niceties of two crooks talking.

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Exactly, reeking of corruption and backdealing

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You just know the interpreter has more brains than the both of them combined.

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The translator looks so confused "how to I translate this old man joke"

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Translator: Mr. Mori said that everything is going fine. Even though cost overruns were already estimated to be about 810 billion yen ($7.5 billion) in January, we're not facing too much criticism. As you know, Mr. Coates, we live in a one-party state with a thoroughly compliant media, so what can the people really do? Despite it being their money that we're spending, it's nothing that a few pan & circuses won't fix, right?

ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

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Coates: “Translate this for me will ya luv: Yoshi, is that a stuffed envelope in ya pocket or...”

Interpreter: Ew, I quit!

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Interpreter: Mr. Mori, Mr. Coates said he wants to marry me!

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Something is missing on the left.

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Come 2020, the interpreter will be the only one still living!

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Something is missing on the left.

A brain!

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