Arabic-L:GEN:Cultural Linguist Sought for court case

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Date: 23 Aug 2006
From:ValerieSmi at aol.com
Subject:Cultural Linguist Sought for court case

 From an Arab American Attorney I know:

We have a trial now set to start in Federal Court in Miami, Florida.
The government intends to introduce the contents of several (about 200)
taped phone conversations between the defendants and each other.

The government is going to argue that the translations of the
conversations show that the defendants intended to engage in illegal
activity.  Our position is that the conversations contained a great deal
of hyperbole and language that is part of the Arabic culture.  We
believe that the statements cannot be meaningfully translated without
putting them in cultural context.

We are looking to retain someone who can listen to the conversations (in
Arabic) and put them in context.  The individual will need to start as
soon as possible.  The tapes and government translations can be made
available for use at the individual's place of work so that there will
be minimal travel required.  Testimony in court will probably be
necessary in December, 2006 and February, 2007.  Each Court appearance
will probably require one full day.  Prior forensic experience is a
plus, but is not required.

Interested parties should send their resume/cv to me at
wwswor at sworlaw.com.  The subject line should be "Cultural Linguist".

Thanks,

Bill Swor
3060 Penobscot Building
645 Griswold St.
Detroit, MI 48226
wwswor at juno.com
(313) 967-0200
(313) 961-4926 fax

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