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[Previous entry: "Standards"] [Main Index] [Next entry: "Safety signs"] 10 May 2003: "NuqneH?"
Here's an interesting little tidbit from CNN: The Department of Human Services of Multnomah County in Oregon needs an interpreter who speaks Klingon. The department deals with mental health patients, some of whom refuse to speak anything but Klingon, and the department is obliged to provide information in all languages spoken by its clients. It's not quite as weird as it sounds; a lot of work went into developing Klingon into a complete language, and its existence is as legitimate as that of other "artificial" languages (insofar as any language can be said not to be artifical), such as Esperanto or Volapük. In fact, Klingon probably has more speakers than Esperanto and Volapük put together. And of course, we are talking about an institution that deals with mental health patients; refusing to communicate with your patients is bad start to helping them.
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