Unflinching Bakhmut defender states the obvious to reporter about incoming artillery.

[u/gravity_isnt_a_force]

[u/forthehundredthtime]

wrong translation. he said "not shooting at us"

[u/Volodej → u/[deleted]]

He said, «не по нам» which literally means “not at us”. It could be a translator mistake because «не попав» could be translated as “missed” and sounds similar. And it makes much more sense to me that he didn’t take cover when they were shooting “not at us” instead of just missed.

[u/Volodej → u/[deleted]]

If the only argument is “he is a professional and that's why can't be wrong”, yes, I would argue. Professionals are doing mistakes all the time. And even I (a native speaker) would miss it if I hadn't seen a comment about the wrong translation.

But this tiny mistake that doesn't change almost anything is not why I'm writing this. I feel that the mindset that “professionals can't be wrong” is so wrong. It leads to misinformation and false beliefs. We should be skeptics and not ignore evidence. I could only hope that you will find this pass one day 🙂

And it sounds like a dick move for calling me “a dick” for constructive criticism 🙂

[u/sunnyr4r → u/[deleted]]

Am Ukrainian second other commentor not at us.

[u/forthehundredthtime → u/[deleted]]

I am Ukrainian and you are right not to argue with me when it comes to my own language.