– (ES) Madam President, Mrs Jiménez García-Herrera, Commissioner, it is 43 years since Dr Christiaan Barnard said the sentence ‘Jesus, dit kan werk’, which in Afrikaans means ‘Jesus, this is going to work’, as he watched in disbelief as the heart he had just transplanted was beating.
– (ES) Madame la Présidente, Madame Jiménez García-Herrera, Monsieur le Commissaire, il y a 43 ans, le DChristian Barnard, observant, incrédule, que le cœur qu’il venait de transplanter s’était mis à battre, prononçait ces mots: «Jesus, dit kan werk», ce qui, en afrikaans, signifie «Jésus, ça va marcher».
