It was cited last fall by federal civil rights officials for failing to provide foreign language interpreters, and the city is drafting a corrective plan.
Guerrillas have largely directed their wrath toward Iraqi government representatives and law enforcement officials, as well as foreign workers, interpreters and anyone else accused of collaborating with the 140,000-member American troop presence here.
And we need this in government, we need advocates, we need specialists, we need experts, [who] work in the service of these senior civil servants and so on, and they can aid and explain and interpret in the same way [as a] foreign language interpreter.
Sometimes, though, there can be an entire battalion of relatives, lawyers and forensic experts who fold heartbreaking videos and head-hurting statistical presentations into two-and-a-half-hour crucibles during which even foreign-language interpreters have been moved to tears.
Coaches are constantly trying to instruct their foreign players through interpreters, but often the message does not translate.
And it takes a whole team of legal practitioners--technical specialists, patent agents, researchers, legal secretaries, paralegals, business advisors, marketing officials, interpreters, foreign associates, docketing and information technology personnel (none of whom necessarily have a law degree --to execute the play andegree --tont protection for the client's idegree --tovexecute.
This is established early, by the title card: "The humans in this film speak only in their native tongue (occasionally translated by bilingual interpreter, foreign exchange student, and electronic device).
DOMINIQUE GALOUZEAU DE VILLEPIN (French minister of foreign affairs): (Through interpreter). Mr. President, Mr. Secretary- General, distinguished ministers, distinguished ambassadors, I would like to thank Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei for the information they have given us on the continuing inspections in Iraq.
On his previous movie, The Kite Runner, he directed a foreign cast entirely through interpreters, then watched as his young performers were forced to flee their homes after accusations that the film had denigrated Afghan culture.
Ms. Murdock says her office acts as a liaison and interpreter for foreign buyers, helping them understand the process.
