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Klingon Interpreter Needed In Oregon

Posted by timothy on from the your-tax-dollars-at-play dept.

myrashka writes "CNN has a report of a position available for an Klingon-English interpreter by a mental health office in Oregon (how apropos). Could this be the start of the next hot job market (perhaps they'll need Nebari-English interpreters next)?"

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  1. Good for them. by Hatechall · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's nice to know that people spend a whole lot of good time religeously studying something like Klingon, instead of some useless subject, like Portugese or Japanese. I think I will spend the next few years of my life learning how to speak fluent Modem.

  2. Re:What's next for Klingon? by Cyclometh · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nah, all they'd have to do is go to the Klingon Language Institute.

    In all seriousness, I think this extremely interesting. From my reading of the article, it sounds like the Multonomah County Department of Human Services, by law, has to provide these services, and that means that they have to provide translation services for people who ostensibly only speak Klingon. It's like a totally bizarre collision of law and pop culture. I love it.

    Hell, there's probably a research paper in it for someone, focusing on how a phenomenon like Star Trek can have such far-reaching and totally unanticipated effects.