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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=Ray.Aldrich@hqda.army.mil href="mailto:Ray.Aldrich@hqda.army.mil">Aldrich,
Ray L Mr DCS, G-2</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 03, 2002 7:40 AM</DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2></FONT></P> <FONT
size=2>The sound and fury!</FONT> </DIV></DIV>
<P> <FONT size=2>I would postulate, up
front, that we are dealing with an interpreter, rather than a translator.</FONT>
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<P> <FONT size=2>Seems to be a
reasonable "diplomatic" policy. It does, however, address neither the
choice of "translator" nor the quality. It seems as tho' we're back in the
Carter era where the errors of an improperly selected Polish speaking native
English speaking "translator" were blamed on the "translator". I've always
maintained that the wrong person was chosen for the job and that the blame
should have been assigned to the chooser or to the process. This appears
to be a repeat of the same scenario. We're supposed to be knowledgeable
language people, how can we choose someone to translate into a "foreign"
language? What ever happened to the general understanding that one
translates best into one's native language? I will accept the very rare
exception, Nabokov comes to mind, but there are not enough of this quality
translator to deviate from the practice of relying on official translations only
when they are performed into the interpreter's native language.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Ray Lane Aldrich</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Language is
Power</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Army Foreign Language Proponency Office</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>phone: (703) 695-1379, DSN 225-1379</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>! ! NEW ! !</FONT> </P><BR>
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