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Advisor with Interpreter in Afghanistan. COMISAF Advisory and Assistance Team (CAAT).


References

Interpreters - Afghan War News
https://afghanwarnews.info/topics/interpreters.htm

Use of Interpreters, Army Correspondence Course Program (ACCP), Subcourse IT 0598.

MOS 09L (Interpreter / Translator) Information Paper, DTIC.mil, updated November 2006, PDF, 14 pages.
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA507266.pdf

Interpreting, U.S. Department of State
https://www.state.gov/interpreting-ols/


Papers, Publications, and Articles about Use of Intepreters

Baigorri-Jalon, Jesus, Wars, languages, and the role(s) of interpreters, University of Salamanca, 2010, PDF, 23 pages. Posted on HAL Science.
https://confremo.hal.science/hal-00599599/document

Cook, Jessica L. "Army Translator and Interpreter Companies: A Wasted Resource", Military Review, September-October 2015, Army University Press, PDF, 5 pages.
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/military-review/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_20151031_art012.pdf

Falconer, Bruce, "Military Translators at War", Mother Jones, March 23, 2009. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/03/military-translators-war

Guise, Kim, "Military Intelligence Service (MIS): Using Their Words", The National WWII Museum, September 30, 2020. Roughly 6,000 Japanese Americans served as translators and interpreters with the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) in the Pacific.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/military-intelligence-service-translators-interpreters

Juckett, Gregory, "Appropriate use of medical interpeters", National Library of Medicine
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25369625/

Lee, Benjamin, "An Indispensible Ally", The Huffington Post, April 4, 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/benjamin-lee/afghan-translators_b_1401629.html

Negotiations.com, "Using Interpreters in International Negotiations". http://www.negotiations.com/articles/interpreters/

Smith, Seldean, "How Interpreters Work in Times of War", Day Interpreting.
https://dayinterpreting.com/blog/how-interpreters-work-in-times-of-war/

Toon, Alison, "Interpreting in a War Zone", CSA Research
https://csa-research.com/Blogs-Events/Blog/Interpreting-in-a-War-Zone

Interpreters Can be Unsung Heroes, The Language Group.
https://thelanguagegroup.com/interpreters-can-be-unsung-heroes/

 


(NOTE: The articles and publications listed below are no longer
accessible by the links provided but they may still be on the internet
somewhere. A Google search might find them!)

Agnor, Francis, The Interpreter as an Agent, Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kentcsi/vol4no1/html/v04i1a02p_0001.htm

Butt, Riazat, “Khan’s kitchen: the difficult life of an Afghan interpreter for the British military”, The Guardian, August 20, 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/aug/30/khan-kitchen-difficult-life-afghaninterpreter-british-military

CALL, Interpreter Ops: Multi-Service Reference Manual for Interpreter Operations, Handbook No. 04-7, (FOUO), TTPs, Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL), Fort Leavenworth, KS, March 2004. http://call-rfi.leavenworth.army.mil/

CALL, How to Communicate Effectively Through Interpreters: A Guide For Leaders, Center for Army Lessons Learned, November-December 2003. http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/army/using_interpreters.htm

Canaday, Henry, “Language Translation and Cultural Training”, Special Operations Technology Magazine, SOTECH 2012 Volume 10, Issue 7, September 2012.

Cummings, CPT Michael G., Influencing the Population: Using Interpreters, Conducting KLEs, and Executing IO in Afghanistan, USACAC, May-August 2010. http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/call/docs/12-18/ch_6.asp

DA, “HUMINT Collection With an Interpreter”, Chapter 11 of Human Intelligence Collector Operations, FM 2-22.3, September 6, 2006. https://rdl.train.army.mil/catalog/view/100.ATSC/10492372-71C5-4DA5-8E6E649C85E1A280-1300688170771/2-22.3/chap11.htm

DA, “Interpreters”, Appendix C to FM 3-07.31, Peace Operations, October 26, 2003. https://rdl.train.army.mil/catalog/view/100.ATSC/2CC5D54C-33C5-4E77-B09DC765B61A4A72-1274437076885/3-07.31/appc.htm

DA, “Linguist Support”, Appendix C to FM 3-24, Counterinsurgency, Dec 15, 2006. https://rdl.train.army.mil/catalog/view/100.ATSC/41449AB4-E8E0-46C4-8443- E4276B6F0481-1274576841878/3-24/appc.htm

Genter, MAJ Thomas M., “Working With Transition Team Interpreters”, Fires Bulletin, October-December 2008, pp. 32-33. http://sill-www.army.mil/firesbulletin/2008/Oct_Dec_2008/OCT_DEC_2008

Hiltz, Barbara, “Using Intepreters in Forensic Interviews”, NCPCA Update Newsletter, Volume 16, Number 1, 2003. http://www.ou.edu/cwtraining/assets/pdf/handouts/1012/Interpreters%20in%20Interview s.pdf

Language Scientific, "What does an interpreter do?", Language Scientific Translation Service. http://world.std.com/~ric/what_is_int.html

Lopez, Emilia C., “Recommended Practices for Working with Interpreters”, Best Practices in School Psychology IV (2002), page 1428. http://www.nasponline.org/resources/culturalcompetence/recommend.pdf

Reid, John, The Use of an Interpreter During an Interview, Police Link. http://policelink.monster.com/training/articles/1963-the-use-of-an-interpreter-during-an-interview

Salmoni, Barak A., Effective Use of a Translator for US Marine Forces in OIF 2-2, Naval Post Graduate School (NPS), July 30, 2004.

Sand, Andrew, “Interpreters, the Hidden Heroes of the Afghan War”, At War, The New York Times, March 14, 2002. http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/interpreters-the-hidden-heroes-of-theafghan-war/

Santis, Marie De, Quick Tips for Using an Interpreter, Women’s Justice Center. http://justicewomen.com/help_interpreter.html

Smith, Herschel, "Interpreters, Language, and Counterinsurgency", The Captains Journal. http://www.captainsjournal.com/2008/11/18/interpreters-language-and-counterinsurgency

Smith, Ron, "Interpreting for Humanitarian and Military Operations in Thailand", Mine Action Lessons Learned, James Madison University.
http://maic.jmu.edu/lldb/lesson.asp?lid=188

Waite, Captain Ethan, A Tenuous Link to Success: Proper Use of Interpreters in Counterinsurgency, Expeditionary Warfare School, USMC, February 20, 2009. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA510995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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