Job opening- Must be able to speak Klingon

[Grog]

Klingon interpreter needed by hospital
Saturday, May 10, 2003 Posted: 6:42 PM EDT (2242 GMT)


PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- 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.


Klingon phrases
Qapla -- Success
Qa Tlho -- I thank you
HI Ja' -- Yes, True
Qo -- No
maj ram -- Good night

 

[glo]

LOL....

 

[chell]

That was just too funny!

 

[JohnTBap]

QUICK!!! Somebody tell alabamaalan!

 

[CourtasanSatine]

LOL All that's missing is Bajoran and Cardassian

 

[d.kurz]

In my old car I had a Starfleet Academy window sticker. I came out of a convenience store one day and the young clerk outside catching a smoke said "Qapla" to me. I certainly wasn't thinking Star Trek and he repeated it several times and finally had to strike his chest while saying it before I GOT IT!! I laughed about it for DAYS.

 

[Kermit]

LOL! I should remember the name of that hospital incase DH gets laid off again.