John's SOL on this one...
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Monday, May 12, 2003 (AP)
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And now the county has rescinded its call, stressing that it hasn't spent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.
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