Hillary Clinton's translation goof-up while giving gift to Russian Foreign Minister

Washington, March 7 (ANI): U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's "peacemaking" expression, when she handed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over a gift in Geneva on Friday, turned out to be a goof-up because the present bore an incorrect translation that implied hostility.

She gave Lavrov with a gift-wrapped red button that read "Reset" in English, and "Peregruzka" in Russian.

However, "peregruzka" means overcharged or overloaded rather than "reset", and Lavrov called Hillary out on it.

"We worked hard to get the right Russian word. Do you think we got it?" Fox News quoted Clinton as asking Lavrov.

"You got it wrong. This says 'peregruzka,' which means overcharged," Lavrov replied.

Both diplomats laughed, and Clinton said: "We won't let you do that to us, I promise."

Hillary's adviser Philippe Reines revealed that the correct translation for "reset" was only a couple letters off, and insisted that the typo would be fixed.

"Since we're all learning a little Russian today, Opechatka is Russian for typo. So the 'Opechatka' is being fixed, the gift will correctly read 'Perezagruzka,'" he said. (ANI)