Editing Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual/Interpreters (section)

== SELECTION OF INTERPRETERS ==

FROM a SECURITY STANDPOINT, INTERPRETERS SHOULD BE SELECTED FROM YOUR OWN SERVICES, OR AT LEAST YOUR NATIONALITY, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE- IN SOME INSTANCES HOWEVER, it WILL BE NECESSARY TO HIRE OR USE FOREIGNERS FOR THIS PURPOSE- LET'S DISCUSS SOME OF 

THE FACTORS WHICH MUST BE CONSIDERED WHEN SELECTING AN INTERPRETER- 

=== A. SECURITY CLEARANCE ===

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AN INTERPRETER HAVE A SECURITY CLEARANCE BECAUSE OF THE OPPOSITION'S CONTINUED EFFORTS TO PENETRATE' YOUR ORGANIZATION AND LEARN YOUR INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS. 

=== B. LANGUAGE CAPABILITY ===

HE SHOULD BE COMPLETELY FLUENT IN YOUR LANGUAGE AS WELL AS THE LANGUAGE OF THE SUBJECT. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN BOTH SPEAKING THESE LANGUAGES AND WRITING THEM. 

=== C. PERSONALITY ===

WHENEVER POSSIBLE. THE PERSONALITY OF THE INTERPRETER SHOULD BE THE SAME OR NEARLY THE SAME AS YOURS. THIS WILL OFTEN COME ABOUT AS THE TWO OF YOU WORK TOGETHER MORE AND MORE OFTEN. IF THERE ARE SERIOUS PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU. YOU SHOULD GET ANOTHER INTERPRETER. 


THE INTERPRETER SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADJUST HIS PERSONALITY TO THAT OF THE SUBJECT, AND TO THE "QUESTIONING" TECHNIQUES BEING USED. 

=== SOCIAL STATUS ===

THIS. IS ALWAYS A CONSIDERATION IN THOSE COUNTRIES IN WHICH SOCIAL STATUS EXISTS. IN A LIAISON SITUATION BE SURE THE INTERPRETER HAS THE SOCIAL STATURE FOR CONTACT WITH THE OFFICIALS WITH WHOM HE WILL BE TALKING. 

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DURING THE "QUESTIONING" Of A SUBJECT IN WHICH A DIFFERENCE OF CLASSES MAY EXIST BETWEEN THE SUBJECT AND THE INTERPRETER, ' YOU MUST MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE SUBJECT THAT THE CONVERSATION IS "STRICTLY BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU, THAT THE INTERPRETER IS SIMPLY A DEVICE FOR CONVERTING THE LANGUAGE. 

IN CERTAIN SOCIETIES WOMEN ARE OFTEN VIEWED AS HAVING INFERIOR SOCIAL STATUS AND USING A FEMALE INTERPRETER MAY NOT BE ADVISABLE IN CASES WHERE A MAN IS BEING "QUESTIONED". 


THE CHANGE IN TONAL INFLECTIONS AS A FEMALE. INTERPRETS THE QUESTIONS OF A MALE "QUESTIONER" CAUSES THE EFFECT TO BE LOSS DURING TRANSLATION. ACCORDING TO PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS, MEN AND WOMEN BOTH RESPOND BETTER TO QUESTIONING BY A MALE. 


=== SOURCES OR INTERPRETERS ===


1. MOST SECURITY SERVICES ALREADY HAVE EXISTING INTERPRETER POOLS FROM WHICH YOU can SELECT SOMEONE WHO MEETS YOUR REQUIREMENTS. 


LC^TOlW^ THAT YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY THE OTHER OFFICER IS WILLING TO RELEASE HIM, AND THE OTHER OFFICER UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE TO BE NO RESIDUAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THEM, 


K'LTHgWJU'W THAT NO TWO OFFICERS WILL USE AN INTERPRETER IN EXACTLY THE SAME FASHION, 

iAOitTI TAT YOU PLAN TO CHANGE ANY OF HIS HABITS WHICH YOU CONSIDER UNDESIREABLE, 

3. IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO USE AN INTERPRETER FROM A SOURCE OUTSIDE YOUR OWN SERVICE. EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES ARE AN EXCELLENT SOURCE FOR NEW TALENT.