Anonymous ID: 5e3fbb March 29, 2019, 8:57 p.m. No.5973335   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Lost in translation: CIA ad hiring Russian speakers mocked for broken grammar

 

An apparent CIA poster appealing to Russian speakers to join US intelligence has been derided for failing to reconcile Russian and English grammar and mismatching fonts. The poster allegedly popped up in Washington, DC.

The poster was spotted by Reuters' David Brunnstrom at Foggy Bottom station in Washington, which is home to many government agencies, including the US State Department, the Department of Interior, as well as the George Washington University.

 

The first part of the sentence, written in Russian, translates to: "Your command of foreign languages" and should be followed by a singular verb according to the rules of both Russian and English grammar. However, the second line goes "are [instead of is] vitally important to our national security."

 

https://www.rt.com/usa/455117-cia-recruitment-poster-error/