The Secret Life of Translators

Posted by Mike on June 25, 2009 under Translation News | Be the First to Comment

Sibel Edmonds was a former translator for the FBI, now turned whistleblower. Edmonds exposed Washington’s corruption by exposing their illegal endeavors in selling nuclear secrets, money laundering, and other threatening activities.

Read more about Edmonds’s fascinating story here:

http://www.amconmag.com/article/2008/jan/28/00012/

It is no surprise that very sensitive information is often passed through translators. For the FBI, expert linguists such as these play a critical role in counter-terrorism and providing intelligence information. This role is extremely important, as they must use their own judgment in sorting through information to authenticate its accuracy and its prospective value to agents and analysts. As we can see, translators do more than just sit at a desk and translate documents!