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"retracted from the policy"

That whole sentence looks like a Google translate train wreck from German to English to me. "Retracted from the policy", following the sentence of his illegal arms and drugs smuggling, sounds in English like he said that he stopped smuggling arms and drugs. However, it looks too much like a literal translation of the sentence from the corresponding German article, "1982 zog sich Tabatabai nach eigenen Aussagen aus der Politik zurück", which means that he ended his political career because German authorities had begun monitoring him as a suspect. A proper translation would be closer to, "In 1982, Tabatabai stated that he'd withdrawn from politics because of these accusations leveled against him". Note that in English, politics and policy are far from the same thing! --46.93.158.170 (talk) 23:57, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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	That whole sentence looks like a Google translate train wreck from German to English to me. "Retracted from the policy", following the sentence of his illegal arms and drugs smuggling, sounds in English like he said that he stopped smuggling arms and drugs. However, it looks too much like a literal translation of the sentence from the corresponding German article, ''"1982 zog sich Tabatabai nach eigenen Aussagen aus der Politik zurück"'', which means that he ended his political career because German authorities had begun monitoring him ~~for~~ ~~illegal~~ ~~activities~~. A proper translation would be closer to, "In 1982, Tabatabai stated that he'd withdrawn from politics because of these accusations leveled against him". Note that in English, ''politics'' and ''policy'' are far from the same thing! --[[Special:Contributions/46.93.158.170\|46.93.158.170]] ([[User talk:46.93.158.170\|talk]]) 23:57, 19 December 2018 (UTC)		That whole sentence looks like a Google translate train wreck from German to English to me. "Retracted from the policy", following the sentence of his illegal arms and drugs smuggling, sounds in English like he said that he stopped smuggling arms and drugs. However, it looks too much like a literal translation of the sentence from the corresponding German article, ''"1982 zog sich Tabatabai nach eigenen Aussagen aus der Politik zurück"'', which means that he ended his political career because German authorities had begun monitoring him as a suspect. A proper translation would be closer to, "In 1982, Tabatabai stated that he'd withdrawn from politics because of these accusations leveled against him". Note that in English, ''politics'' and ''policy'' are far from the same thing! --[[Special:Contributions/46.93.158.170\|46.93.158.170]] ([[User talk:46.93.158.170\|talk]]) 23:57, 19 December 2018 (UTC)