Interpreter officer

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.

Examples by country

France

Main article: Military interpreter (France)

United States

Interpreting services are provided by personnel from 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion (United States).

Republic of Korea

The Republic of Korea has a history of continuous presence of United States forces. Because the military personnel 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.

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 interpreter officers.

• Interpreter Officer Class 10
• Interpreter Officer Class 11

References

External links

• Air Force Class 121 Test