| TheWorm |
From the AP (really):
County seeks Klingon interpreter for mental health patients
(05-10) 12:14 PDT PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) --
Star Trek fans fluent in Klingon take note -- there's a job opening in Oregon for you.
The fictional language of the popular TV and movie science fiction series is one of about 55 languages 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.
County research has shown that Klingon has gone from being a fictional tongue to what many people -- and not just fans -- consider a complete language, with its own grammar, syntax and vocabulary.
If a patient speaks only Klingon, the county is obligated to respond with a Klingon interpreter. So officials have decided to include it with about 55 languages, some of which, such as Russian and Vietnamese, are widely spoken, and some, such as Dari and Tongan, are seldom spoken.
The county's purchasing administrator, Franna Hathaway, greeted the request to include Klingon with skepticism.
But, she said, "There are some cases where we've had mental health patients where this was all they would speak."
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c...1514EDT0077.DTL |
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| octavian |
Che è cosí duro della cultura per parlare Inglese?
Quel est si dur de l'apprentissage à parler anglais?
Was ist so hart um Lernen, Englisch zu sprechen?
¿Qué es tan duro acerca del aprendizaje para hablar inglés?
Wat is zo hard over leren Engels te spreken?
為什?#92;如此努力地大約學習說英語？
I am glad our tax dollars have found such a noble cause!:mad: |
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| zubinh |
Kar Plagh!
The only reason I'm considering buying an X is because the Acura symbol looks so much like the Starfleet symbol.
Live Long and Prosper. |
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| mdxxxx |
Q'apla!
Parthas ALA Yuta, Tzartak apertif, Jumja, or gagh! anyone? |
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| TheWorm |
Oregon county calls off job for Klingon interpreter
(05-12) 21:23 PDT PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) --
Sorry, potential Klingon interpreters.
Officials have said they won't be needing your services, after all.
The office that treats mental health patients in Multnomah County had included Klingon on a list of 55 languages that could be spoken by incoming patients.
But the inclusion of the Star Trek language drew a spate of tongue-in-cheek headlines.
And now the county has rescinded its call, stressing that it hasn't spent a penny of public money on Klingon interpretation.
"It was a mistake, and a result of an overzealous attempt to ensure that our safety net systems can respond to all customers and clients," Multnomah County chair Diane Linn said in a news release.
County officials had previously said that no patient had ever come in speaking only Klingon, but that the county would pay a Klingon interpreter in the unlikely case one was actually needed.
In recent years, Klingon has gone from being a fictional tongue for the Star Trek television and movie series to a complete language, with its own grammar, syntax and vocabulary.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...0023EDT0402.DTL |
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| mdxxxx |
| nuqjatlh? .... Sagh!:25: |
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| shootist |
quote:
Originally posted by mdxxxx
nuqjatlh? .... Sagh!:25:
Sorry, I just exhausted every word in my Klingon vocabulary.
It was intended for the gov'mint beaurocrats, too. I'm not real good on tense in Klingon. |
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| mdxxxx |
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Originally posted by shootist
...It was intended for the gov'mint beaurocrats, too...
LOL... jIyaj (I understand!) ... ! majQa' (funny, well done) :2: |
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| zubinh |
[QUOTE]Originally posted by TheWorm
[b]Oregon county calls off job for Klingon interpreter
Sorry, potential Klingon interpreters.
Officials have said they won't be needing your services, after all.
Damn it. I was going to hand in my resignation. Now I'm stuck being a stockbroker for the rest of my life...
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| MK23666 |
| There is even an audio tape called "Conversational Klingon" that teaches you to speak basic phrases. |
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| mdxxxx |
quote:
Originally posted by MK23666
There is even an audio tape called "Conversational Klingon" that teaches you to speak basic phrases.
HlSlaH, bllugh, majQa' , Qapla' (yes, you are right, well done, success! ) |
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| zubinh |
quote:
Originally posted by MK23666
There is even an audio tape called "Conversational Klingon" that teaches you to speak basic phrases.
If anyone is interested I will sell the CD for $5 plus shipping.
Live Long & Prosper |
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