"Accidental" Loss in the translation? - បកប្រែ ជាស្មែរ វាចេះតែខុយ!

Today, The Phnom Penh Post English version reported:

But a Bavet town police officer who declined to be named alleged yesterday that after Chhouk Bandith shot the protesters, he escaped and drove to Kampong Cham before moving on to Phnom Penh, where he was staying with one of Cambodia’s deputy prime ministers.

“He’s staying at [deputy prime minister] Men Sam An’s house in Phnom Penh. It is not difficult to find him.”

Men Sam An could not be reached yesterday.

The Khmer version of the report stated:

នៅ​ពេល​នេះ សមត្ថកិច្ច មិន​ទាន់​ដឹង​ថា លោក​ឈូក បណ្ឌិត កំពុង​ស្នាក់​នៅ​ទី​ណា​ឡើយ ​ប៉ុន្តែ​មន្ត្រី​នគរ​បាល​ម្នាក់​ បាន​អះអាង​ថា លោក​ឈូក ​បណ្ឌិត​កំពុង​ស្នាក់​​នៅ​ភូមិ​គ្រឹះ​របស់​ឧប​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​មួយ​រូប​ នៅ​ភ្នំពេញ​។...

មន្ត្រី​រូប​នោះ​បាន​អះអាង​ថា៖​«នៅ​ពេល​នេះ​លោក​ឈូក បណ្ឌិត កំពុង​ស្នាក់​នៅ​ ក្នុង​ភូមិ​គ្រឹះ​របស់​ឧបនាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​ម្នាក់ ​នៅ​ភ្នំពេញ វា​មិន​ពិបាក​រក​គាត់​ទេ»។

However, Man Sam An's name quoted in the English version was "accidentally" lost in the translation.

You can check the story by yourself. The English version is available here and the Khmer version is available here.

Cambodia's Phnom Penh Post goes daily in Khmer [-An independent newspaper in Khmer?]

A Cambodian woman reads a copy of the English-language newspaper The Phnom Penh Post

Thursday, September 10, 2009
AFP

PHNOM PENH — The Phnom Penh Post, one of Cambodia's leading newspapers, launched its first-ever Khmer language edition Wednesday, stepping up competition in the country's burgeoning media market.

Australian publisher Ross Dunkley said the paper, which will have a daily print run of 15,000 copies, would focus its reporting on Cambodia's changing economy and business climate as it leaves behind decades of conflict.

"Ultimately a newspaper is a reflection of the society we live in so you can expect the paper to be much more in tune with the new realities of this country," Dunkley said.

The majority of publications in the country's large and lively Cambodian-language press are accused of being aligned with political parties, however Dunkley promised independent reporting.

Cambodian Information Minister Khieu Kanharith welcomed the paper, the first full-colour Khmer tabloid in the kingdom's media market, as a "good thing" that would help "widen our free press".

The English version of the Post launched its first daily edition in August last year, after Australian businessmen with stakes in Yangon's The Myanmar Times weekly took a controlling interest in the paper.

The Post, founded by American journalist Michael Hayes 18 years ago, had published every two weeks but Post Media Ltd, the company now behind the paper, has invested heavily in expanded editions.