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[url]http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/05/10/offbeat.klingon.interpreter/index.html[/url]
Qapla'! Hospital seeks Klingon speaker
Saturday, May 10, 2003 Posted: 10:37 PM EDT (0237 GMT)
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Position Available: Interpreter, must be fluent in Klingon.
The language created for the "Star Trek" TV series and movies is one of about 55 needed by the office that treats mental health patients in metropolitan Multnomah County.
"We have to provide information in all the languages our clients speak," said Jerry Jelusich, a procurement specialist for the county Department of Human Services, which serves about 60,000 mental health clients.
Although created for works of fiction, Klingon was designed to have a consistent grammar, syntax and vocabulary.
And now Multnomah County research has found that many people -- and not just fans -- consider it a complete language.
"There are some cases where we've had mental health patients where this was all they would speak," said the county's purchasing administrator, Franna Hathaway.
County officials said that obligates them to respond with a Klingon-English interpreter, putting the language of starship Enterprise officer Worf and other Klingon characters on a par with common languages such as Russian and Vietnamese, and less common tongues including Dari and Tongan.
Qapla'! Hospital seeks Klingon speaker
Saturday, May 10, 2003 Posted: 10:37 PM EDT (0237 GMT)
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Position Available: Interpreter, must be fluent in Klingon.
The language created for the "Star Trek" TV series and movies is one of about 55 needed by the office that treats mental health patients in metropolitan Multnomah County.
"We have to provide information in all the languages our clients speak," said Jerry Jelusich, a procurement specialist for the county Department of Human Services, which serves about 60,000 mental health clients.
Although created for works of fiction, Klingon was designed to have a consistent grammar, syntax and vocabulary.
And now Multnomah County research has found that many people -- and not just fans -- consider it a complete language.
"There are some cases where we've had mental health patients where this was all they would speak," said the county's purchasing administrator, Franna Hathaway.
County officials said that obligates them to respond with a Klingon-English interpreter, putting the language of starship Enterprise officer Worf and other Klingon characters on a par with common languages such as Russian and Vietnamese, and less common tongues including Dari and Tongan.
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lest we forget...
[B]you seem to forget we had a crazy klingon on this very board... ;)
lest we forget... [/B][/QUOTE]
How could we forget?! ;)
and dont blame me, I live in Clackamas county, I dont vote for those nut jobs.
An urban legend. Not real. Oops.
I'll check snopes and get back to you on that.
Anyone been to Valcan, Alberta???
And I live in Clackamas too =Þ
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by AnlaShok [/i]
[B]An urban legend. Not real. Oops. [/B][/QUOTE]
Well Gee AnlaShok somebody ought to tell that to our local media here in Portland and various Multnoma county spokes people.
It wasnt quite a full fledged job opening for a klingon translator, it was mearly a proposal and didnt even get anywhere near being approved, but it wasnt an urban legend.
[B]Actually it was the first thing I thought of.
And I live in Clackamas too =Þ [/B][/QUOTE]
so we both agree that we didnt vote for those nutjobs? ;)
[B]Argone spoke Klingon... :( [/B][/QUOTE]
Yea, I thought about that... :( To Argone!!