Talk:Letter of the two sorries

From Wikisource

Information about this edition
Original edition
Source	NYT
Contributor(s)
Level of progress
Notes
Proofreaders

We are very sorry the entering of China's airspace and the landing did not have verbal clearance, but very pleased the crew landed safely. error? Sherurcij 09:09, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

What do you think the error is? I don't have a copy of the letter to check it against but it reads ok to me. AllanHainey 13:04, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Language

Was this written in English? Chinese? Both? --Guinnog (talk) 03:33, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I dont know who wrote the Chinese edition. It may have been either foreign agency. It does look like a Chinese edition was widely distributed. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 06:07, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I was doing some work on the Wikipedia page and it was unclear whether the letter was first issued in English. I suppose it probably was, and then the Chinese version was made second. --Guinnog (talk) 07:06, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Taipei Times is saying that the U.S. Embassy released a Chinese edition. They say "According to a Chinese-language copy of the letter released by the US Embassy, it doesn't use the term that China had insisted on -- "daoqian" (道歉) -- a formal apology that accepts blame." and "[深表歉意] doesn't appear in the Chinese-language version of the letter released by the embassy."

John Vandenberg ^(chat) 08:51, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

I am unsure which language was used in the letter other than translations.--Jusjih (talk) 21:18, 8 March 2009 (UTC)