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Date Posted: 21:56:17 05/14/03 Wed
Author: SurveyGuy (Darn - I was almost fluent enough to apply)
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Subject: FOLLOWUP: Oregon county calls off job for Klingon interpreter Click this link for story
In reply to: SurveyGuy (Well, at least it's not Ebonics)
's message, "A followup to providing Spanish versions . . . now it's Klingon!" on 21:29:12 05/11/03 Sun

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And now the county has rescinded its call, stressing that it hasn't spent a penny of public money on Klingon interpretation.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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