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   Christian Weisgerber to Ross Clark   
   Re: International Translation Day (30 Se   
   30 Sep 24 13:33:15   
   
   From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2024-09-30, Ross Clark  wrote:   
      
   > It's the feast day of St.Jerome, who's the patron not only of   
   > translators and interpreters, but also "Bible scholars, archivists,   
   > librarians, military linguists [?], encyclopedists and students." (Crystal)   
      
   I understand that at least the American military uses the designation   
   "linguists" for its members trained in local languages.   
      
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   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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