Monday, May 12, 2003
Oregon Seeks Klingon Speakers
The Department of Human Services for Multnomah County, Oregon, is seeking speakers of over 50 languages, including Klingon in order to comply with Clinton Executive Order 13166:
"We have to provide information in all the languages our clients speak," said Jerry Jelusich, a procurement specialist for the county."
Keep in mind that the E.O. 13166 translation requirement applies to people who may speak English perfectly well, but simply prefer to communicate in Klingon, Latin, Esperanto or Urdu.
"There are some cases where we've had mental health patients where this was all they would speak," the county's purchasing administrator, Franna Hathaway told the press. County officials said that obligates them to respond with a Klingon-English interpreter.
The folks who invented E.O. 13166 for Bill Clinton remain employed by the Bush Administration Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights where they are deciding precisely how E.O. 13166 shall be enforced.
Given that E.O. 13166 applies to any institution which receives one dollar of federal funds, doctors and hospitals nationwide will be relieved to know that Klingon classes are now available via interactive multimedia CD.
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