ყველაზე ცუდი ჩვენთან მოსყიდვებია

English translation: The worst thing in my country is bribing voters.

05:12 Aug 5, 2017
Georgian to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / Speech by politician
Georgian term or phrase: ყველაზე ცუდი ჩვენთან მოსყიდვებია
This is something Shevardnadze is reported to have said to a meeting of EU ambassadors after the disputed election of 2003. I understand all the individual words, of course, but I cannot grasp the meaning of the sentence as a whole. This section of the text is made up of several chopped-up sentences with ... between them, so there is no real context from which to guess the meaning.

Thanks in advance.
Philip Price
Local time: 10:10
English translation:The worst thing in my country is bribing voters.
Explanation:
It can be assumed that Shevardnadze speaks about bribing voters by parties, which was widely practiced during elections in his times.
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Lela Nanuashvili
Georgia
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4The worst thing in my country is bribing voters.
Lela Nanuashvili
4The worst thing here is corruption(or bribery)
Lina Episheva


  

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The worst thing in my country is bribing voters.


Explanation:
It can be assumed that Shevardnadze speaks about bribing voters by parties, which was widely practiced during elections in his times.

Example sentence(s):
  • http://www.osce.org/ka/odihr/elections/98585?download=true, p.11
Lela Nanuashvili
Georgia
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Native speaker of: Native in GeorgianGeorgian
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: Thank you! It seems quite clear now. I guess the ჩვენთან threw me a little.

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The worst thing here is corruption(or bribery)


Explanation:
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Lina Episheva
Georgia
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Native speaker of: Native in GeorgianGeorgian
PRO pts in category: 12
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Asker: Thank you!

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