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Re:Lost in Translation: Writing treaties in two languages ca... by dmurray on Thursday September 19, 2019 @05:04AM (#21014539)
Isn't it ambiguous? I would translate "withdraw from territories" and "withdraw from the territories" the same way (edit: so does Google Translate). It's a failure by the translator who should have worded it "retrait...de tous les territoires" or "retrait...de certaines territoires" (withdrawal from all, or some of the territories) as appropriate.

It's clear in the context of a good-faith negotiation that Israel wasn't being given the option to withdraw from one square metre and keep the rest. But the language gives some plausible deniability to their supporters.

Re:Lost in Translation: Writing treaties in two languages ca... by duxat_staglatz on Thursday September 19, 2019 @05:26AM (#21014633)
"withdraw from territories" would be translated as "Retrait des forces armées israéliennes _de_ territoires occupés lors du récent conflit" and "withdraw from the territories" as "Retrait des forces armées israéliennes _des_ territoires occupés lors du récent conflit". It is not ambiguous at all.
Re:Lost in Translation: Writing treaties in two languages ca... by tasogare on Thursday September 19, 2019 @06:07AM (#21014838)
No, it’s not ambiguous (native speaker here).