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    Betonkommunist + proklamiert für sich

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    Betonkommunist + proklamiert für sich

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    Lukaschenko, der befreundet sein soll mit Nordkoreas Betonkommunist Kim Jong Il und sich mit den verblichenen Despoten Saddam Hussein und Slobodan Milosevic gut verstand, regiert per Geheimpolizei und proklamiert für sich "an die besten sowjetischen Erfahrungen" anzuknüpfen.
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    Lukashenko, who is said to be friends with North Korea’s XXXcommunist leader Kim Jong Il and had close ties with the late despots Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic, rules by the secret police and proclaims for himself? to replicate “the best Soviet experiences”.

    How can I translate Betonkommunist? Does the word refer to the concrete housing blocks in communist countries, or to the fact that he is as communist as concrete is strong? (i.e. no matter how hard you try to change his mind, you won't, as communism is cemented in his brain - or at least in the space where his brain is supposed to be).
    Author Mi Ndga Mr (758062) 04 Jan 11, 00:16
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    I can't help you with Betoncommunist – I follow both your lines of thinking for this, but being native English, am as unsure as you are as to which is correct.

    I think the "proklamiert für sich" bit is best expressed as "…rules by the secret police and claims to build upon “the best of Soviet experience”.
    #1AuthorHotmetal (BE) (374829) 04 Jan 11, 00:22
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    Ohne dir eine Übersetzung anbieten zu können: Ich bin für deine zweite Deutung. Da wurden meiner Meinung nach Betonkopf und Kommunist zu einer sachlich zutreffenden und sprachlich nicht ganz glücklichen Wendung zusammengezogen.
    #2Author wupperwolf (411909) 04 Jan 11, 00:24
    Suggestiondie hard communist / proclaims for himself to have a direct link to ...
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    Beton relates to the fact that his communist view cannot be changed, just like it is extremely hard to tear down something made with concrete.
    #3AuthorWerner (236488) 04 Jan 11, 00:24
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    I will go with Hotmetal's "build upon" (many thanks btw., I always had problems to find the right English word/expression for "anknüpfen") and with Werner's diehard. Passt perfekt.

    1000 Dank an alle!
    #4Author Mi Ndga Mr (758062) 04 Jan 11, 00:30
     
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