Oregon County Seeks Klingon Interpreter

abc ^ | 5/10/03

[knak]

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.

[knak]

ok

[breakem]

beam me up

[guitfiddlist]

At last! Comic Book Guy in Springfield can get a real job.

[rontorr]

This is the reason I try to stay away from Portland, the same as I did when living in Sacramento in regards to SF, too many crazies

[green team 1999]

if they offer the same benefits like the federation

[Andy from Beaverton]

God I hate this state!

[Beck_isright]

Where is the "hold muh beer" mandatory alert??????

[A CA Guy]

Wow, Klingon is real and Ebonics is not! Only in America.

[El Sordo]

The successful candidate will speak fluent Klingon, love spiky clothes and a good war cry. Knife fighting skills are a plus.

[ztiworoh]

"P'taqs!"

The one word of Klingon I know, I dont know the exact meaning but it's an insult or some sort


Ok, now Im embarressed I knew that

[Fresh Wind]

There really is NO intelligent life on Earth.

[netmilsmom]

"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.

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That was not a mental health patient, it was a real Klingon and no one believed him....The Enterprise Gang did return to CA to save the whales. Why wouldn't there be a real Klingon on the left coast??

[Psycho_Bunny]

This is the best thread, ever.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

You can't make this stuff up.

[bootless]

Good grief! Hold muh ghahk!

[dagoofyfoot]

Wow, Klingon is real and Ebonics is not! Only in America


Wierd...I also read somewhere that "The Force" was a growing religion in Australia some place.


come on sing with me, a one, and two, and
"Sometimes you feel like a nut..."(to the tune of the "Almond Joy & Mounds" commercial)

[not_apathetic_anymore]

Uh oh. I'm hoping my county administrators here in WA don't see this. They come up with enough crazy ideas on their own and don't need to take suggestions from our neighbors to the south.

[ForOurFuture]

There are Klingon language dictionaries available. I wish my school would add it to the list of offered classes. Better than German.

[Nick Danger]

How do you say "angry taxpayer" in Klingon?

You don't say it. You live it.

[martin_fierro]

Worf says it is not a laughing matter. <|:)~