m$nbc interviewed the russian lawyer today....she spoke no english

[spanone]

they had a translator giving her answers....

did junior also have a translator booked for that meeting?

curious minds....

Video: http://www.nbcnews.com/video/russian-lawyer-natalia-veselnitskaya-on-meeting-trump-jr-992496195732

[Wounded Bear]

1. Seems implausible to me that she speaks no English...

not really buying it.

[spanone]

4. she didn't for the interview...

[emulatorloo]

5. Putin speaks English but rarely does publicaly

I expect lawyer does as well but was pretending not to be able to for a reason.

[Wounded Bear]

8. Yeah, I've heard that about Putin...

[C_U_L8R]

2. Translator hears all.

Hmmmmmm indeed.

[cwydro]

3. Good question.

And who supplied the translator?

[Wounded Bear]

9. Would love to hear from some Russian speakers here...

how "accurate" the translation was.

I'm sure we have some.

[MineralMan]

6. It can be very convenient not to speak a language at times.

I know I've done it, myself. I used to run into Russian mineral dealers when I was in the mineral specimen business. I always spoke English to them, but listened to their conversations in Russian. My favorites were when one of the dealers in the room told another one something like, "Don't sell for less than $xx." That was very useful to me at times, since I knew the minimum price for what I was looking at.

I'd offer something less than that minimum and then come up to the minimum. Worked every time.

[spanone]

7. true....as pointed out upthread, putin speaks english but rarely in public....

[HipChick]

10. I speak several languages...

However, I rarely inform folks that I understand and speak anything other than English...

[MineralMan]

11. I only do that when I'm trying to conduct business.

Any other time and I enjoy switching to another language for some practice. I can converse reasonably well in French, Spanish and Russian. I rarely get a chance, though, to have a conversation in those languages, so I try to take every opportunity to do so, unless money is at stake. Then, I can't understand or speak any of the three.