Monday, May 19, 2008

Spread-eagled in Hungary: The Madonna Interview translated from Hunglish





Years ago, while filming Evita in Hungary, Madonna[1] sat for an interview with an interpreter with the Budapest newspaper Blikk. USA Today later offered the interview translated into English, more or less, with improbably hilarious results. The translation originally appeared in USA Today, the favorite newspaper of bad hotels in North America.


Blikk: Madonna, Budapest says hello with arms that are spread-eagled. Did you have a visit here that was agreeable? Are you in good odor?

Madonna: Thank you for saying these compliments (holds up hands). Please stop with taking sensationalist photographs until I have removed my garments for all to see (laughs). This is a joke I have made.

Blikk: Madonna, let's cut toward the hunt: Are you a bold hussy-woman that feasts on men who are tops?

Madonna: Yes, yes, this is certainly something that brings to the surface my longings. In America, it is not considered to be mentally ill when a woman advances on her prey in a discotheque setting with hardy cocktails present.

Blikk: Is this how you met Carlos, your love-servant who is reputed?... Were you dating many other people in your bed at the same time?

Madonna: No, he was the only one I was dating in my bed then, so it is a scientific fact that the baby was made in my womb using him. But as regards these questions, enough! I am a woman and not a test-mouse!

Blikk: OK, here's a question from left space: What was your book Slut about?

Madonna: It was called Sex, my book.

Blikk: Not in Hungary. Here it was called Slut...

[1] Madonna, (Louise Veronica Ciccone) is a 50-year old American actress, singer, and entrepreneur.

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