"Goran Larsson" wrote in message
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In article ,
Kevin Brooks wrote:

All I can say is that this is the exact wording from Saab's press
release on
Dec 1, 2003:

"Sweden is offering to loan the Czech Republic 14 new Gripen fighter
aircraft for five or 10 years...If the Czech Republic chooses the Gripen
the
Swedish state will fully cover any costs associated with the loan."

Source: http://www.saab.se/node3299.asp?id=2003120101310

This text:
If the Czech Republic chooses the Gripen the Swedish state will fully
cover any costs associated with the loan.
can be interpreted in several incompatible ways. The Swedish version of
the text, available from http://www.saab.se/node3299.asp?id=2003120101300,
is much more clear if you understand Swedish.

Om Tjeckien väljer Gripen har den Svenska staten full kostnadstäckning
för de kostnader som uppstår med anledning av utlåningen.

The Swedish text says that the Swedish state will be fully covered for
any costs associated with the loan.

I don't read or speak Swedish, so I have to depend upon Saab to provide a
properly worded press release in english. The fact that what Saab itself
said in english is the direct opposite of what you have provided as a
translation from the Swedish text of the same message is not exactly cause
for comfort--I am still left wondering what the correct account of this
situation is.

Brooks


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