How to busk a German news conference

Apr 27, 2015, 04:53 PM

This is the story of the British journalist caught out covering a German news conference with little or no knowledge of the language. When Ben Bloom set about blogging for the Telegraph from the UK on a sporting event, he expected an English translation. But when there was none, he went ahead anyway, typing what he thought was happening instead. He's kindly agreed to re-live the moment for us now not out of pride but to give the rest of us a moment of schadenfreude. Here's his coverage of a press conference with Jurgen Klopp, the coach of German football team Borussia Dortmund.