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Date Posted: 21:29:12 05/11/03 Sun
Author: SurveyGuy (Well, at least it's not Ebonics)

Author Host/IP: pcp01422563pcs.lndsd201.pa.comcast.net / 68.81.153.209
Subject: A followup to providing Spanish versions . . . now it's Klingon!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,86550,00.html
Klingon Interpreter Needed for Ore. Mental Patients
Sunday, May 11, 2003

PORTLAND, Ore. � Position Available: Interpreter, must be fluent in Klingon.

The language created for the Star Trek (search) 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 (search) 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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[> Being Oregon, I am certain ballots will be printed up in Klingon also. Can dead Klingons still vote like dead Dims can? -- JL, 22:15:42 05/12/03 Mon (pcp01376707pcs.selrsv01.pa.comcast.net/68.80.69.241)

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[> [> Only in Florida! Perhaps we should be asking Spock about this! How do you say "hanging chad" in Klingon???!!! -- pat, 12:48:21 05/13/03 Tue (wdcsun24.usdoj.gov/149.101.1.124)

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[> [> [> Umm -- it's Oregon, not Florida ... or have I miscontrued your post? -- SurveyGuy (Bad ideas produce absurdities.), 21:43:05 05/14/03 Wed (pcp01422563pcs.lndsd201.pa.comcast.net/68.81.153.209)

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[> [> [> [> Perhaps... My thought is that Dead Klingons could probably vote in Florida as well as possibly in Oregon... sorry if you didn't catch my feeble attempt at humor... -- pat, 09:21:12 05/15/03 Thu (wdcsun24.usdoj.gov/149.101.1.124)

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[> FOLLOWUP: Oregon county calls off job for Klingon interpreter Click this link for story -- SurveyGuy (Darn - I was almost fluent enough to apply), 21:56:17 05/14/03 Wed (pcp01422563pcs.lndsd201.pa.comcast.net/68.81.153.209)

Oregon county calls off job for Klingon interpreter
Monday, May 12, 2003 (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.

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