Interpreter officer
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An interpreter officer is a commissioned officer of an armed force, who interprets and/or translates to facilitate military operation. Interpreter officers are used extensively in multinational
operations in which two countries that do not share a common language are undertaking a joint operation, or expeditionary missions in which communication with the local population is crucial but limited by lack of language proficiency among the expeditionary force personnel.
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of both countries usually lack proficiency in each other’s language, a corps of interpreter officers was trained to facilitate communication. Each service branch has its own group of interpreter officers. They participate in meetings, high level conferences or day-to-day informal discussions to offer simultaneous or consecutive translation, usually between English
and Korean
.
There are two online clubs for the Republic of Korea Army
interpreter officers.
Multinational force
A Multinational force is a multinational operation which may be defensive, aggressive, or peacekeeping.Multinational forces include:* Multinational Force and Observers * Multinational Force in LebanonNATO:* IFOR* SFOR...
operations in which two countries that do not share a common language are undertaking a joint operation, or expeditionary missions in which communication with the local population is crucial but limited by lack of language proficiency among the expeditionary force personnel.
United States
Interpreting services are provided by personnel from 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion (United States)223rd Military Intelligence Battalion (United States)
The 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion provides interpreters, translators, counter-intelligence, interrogation, and signals intelligence support. They provide this support for the Army, as well as the rest of the Intelligence Community...
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Republic of Korea
The Republic of Korea has a history of continuous presence of United States forces. Because the military personnelSoldier
A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
of both countries usually lack proficiency in each other’s language, a corps of interpreter officers was trained to facilitate communication. Each service branch has its own group of interpreter officers. They participate in meetings, high level conferences or day-to-day informal discussions to offer simultaneous or consecutive translation, usually between English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
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Clubs
There are several clubs for current and former interpreter officers.- Tong Tong Club
- ROK Army ROKAIO
- ROK Navy NAVIOS
- ROK Air Force AFIOS
- ROK Air Force Old AFIOS
- ROK Marines
There are two online clubs for the Republic of Korea Army
Republic of Korea Army
The Republic of Korea Army is the largest of the military branches of the South Korean armed forces with 520,000 members as of 2010...
interpreter officers.