[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Loretta E. Knight, the Circuit Court clerk responsible for finding interpreters, said her office searched exhaustively for a speaker of Vai, a tribal language spoken in West Africa. They contacted the Liberian Embassy, she said, and courts in all but three states. Linguists estimate that 100,000 people speak Vai, mostly in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

On his 630 WMAL radio show this morning, Chris Core found potential interpreters in about thirty seconds.

[khnyny]

On his 630 WMAL radio show this morning, Chris Core found potential interpreters in about thirty seconds.

Good for Mr. Core, I'm glad he's talking about this story. Does Chris Core have a website with a link to this story and his incredible ability to find interpreters?

Mr. Core should be hired part time by MC - he would save the taxpayers about $999,000 per year.