SOCHI SCENE: Huh? Que? Was?

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SOCHI, Russia (AP) — It’s like the United Nations, Olympic-style.

Volunteer interpreters scrambling to communicate while transcribing quotes for the Olympic News Service. Journalists fighting over which language athletes should speak when they answer questions. And the jargon of youth – how the heck do you say “stoked” in Korean?

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