Klingon Interpreter Needed In Oregon...

[rIHaD martaq]

posted on 5-12-2003 at 03:00 AM

Klingon Interpreter Needed In Oregon...

Found this on a news site that I read occasionally..
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/1...5254&mode=flat& tid=188&tid=133&tid=129&tid=186
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"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)?"

Qapla'!

[tmk1000]

posted on 5-12-2003 at 03:33 AM

thats neat i saw on tv the other day on saturday night live were they had a star trek convention and they made it look like all trekers were geeks in glasses dummies. you know like " hi im a treker and uh i like uh star trek "but it was funny though

[Kesvirit]

posted on 5-15-2003 at 04:23 PM

About that job...

The parental unit recently retired from 15 years as a high-level mucky-muck with Multnomah County Social and Aging Services (Portland, OR) -- your potential new employer. I read her the article and asked, "WTF?"

As soon as she was able to stop laughing, she fervently denied any knowlege of the specifics ("It wasn't my department!"), and explained that such a translator is not hired per se but put on an on-call list. There are no full-time interpreters, only those hired as contract labor on an as-needed basis. There's an update over here.

So while any of you Portland-area Hol speakers might conceivably eventually pick up some pizza money, it won't help with the rent.

Sorry, people. It's mighty hard to make any money where anything Trek is concerned, even where Paraborg hasn't had everything locked up.

Hmph. I wonder if even now P'Borg is planning on sending a cease-and-desist letter to Multnomah County...

tmk1000 -- was the SNL episode to which you refer the one featuring Shatner's now-infamous "Get A Life!" speech? Though many Trek fans took personal offense, I thought it was great. I have it on tape (somewhere...)

- Kesvirit

 

[tmk1000]

posted on 5-15-2003 at 10:03 PM

no i do not think so i did not see the whole show sorry . but i know the feeling. i have a whole lot of movies and TV shows and have no clue as to were they are

sorry to bust your bubble but i heard on the news the other day that it was a screw up and that no one has ever come in speaking klingon

[Kesvirit]

Did anyone watch last week's episode of "ER"? It is a program I  rarely watch, but I had recorded something on earlier and left the tape running.

Anyway.  A med student was doing a psych rotation that involved conducting group therapy sessions. One of the patients in the group would speak nothing but Klingon. The student learned a few bits of (what may have been) tlhIngan Hol to get the patient's attention.

"Reality TV" with a twist. Multnomah County SAS is never going to live this down... }}>:-)

-=- Kesvirit

[tmk1000]

do you know what he was saying? was it just mock up or was it the real thing?yea i have heard things like that over the years ,but it is pretty funny
 

[Kesvirit]

I do not know enought of the Hol to know whether the words spoken were legitimate or not, let alone what they may have meant. It was several months ago... I shall keep my ears primed for rerun promos. If I can get it on tape I will transpose the dialog and post it in the hopes that someone here can answer your questions.

-=- Kesvirit

[tmk1000]

if you could get the name that might be a start.it comes on a lot were i live
so i might be able to give you a head start