Interpreter Training

Several times a year we hold a training for new and established interpreters. On Saturday, Feb. 20 a 3-hour training session was held right after the Stake Conference Broadcast to Germany (7:00 am our time; 4:00 PM their time) - we had a long Saturday. We took the opportunity to snap a shot of some of the Malay, Korean and Hmong team members that were in attendance - what wonderful, dedicated young people these interpreters are. While many are natives of their particular countries, many are returned missionaries that excelled in the language of the country in which they served or returned to their missions and married a young lady from the country - thus maintaining their fluency. Turn over is one of the constants of each language team - young people get married and move away; young people graduate and move away; young people get jobs and move away. But while they can, they are on call day and night for whatever assignment may come their
way. Many have been serving in this capacity for 5 to 15 years and expect to do so for many more years.