Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-06 | Page 2 | Will Translate Peace Treaty in 24 Languages

WILL TRANSLATE ' PARIS. Dec. 5. Translators in twenty-three languages, including Chinese, Arabic, Turkish and some not even so well known, have been called for by Brigadier General William W. Harts, who is directing the equipment of the American peace delegates. The number requirod is indicative of the diversity of the races and countries having interests before the p"ice con- ;; gress. either through participation m ( the war or by reason of treaties or; . other relations. ; : The full list of languages comprises , . French. Italian, Greek, Japanese, , Spanish, Montenegrin, " Norwegian. I Bulgarian, German, Hungarian, Tur ish, .Chinese, Portuguese Polish, Swed- : ish, Persian, "Russian Serbian Arnien- ; ian, Czech, Rumanian, Danish and Ar- , able. Tftls with English makes t&9 : quota twenty-four. 1 The knowledge of the lansuasj ; possessed by translators must a , complete in order to get the precis' , meaning of treaties and docuraenu and nqt the ordinary speaking knowledge. knowl-edge. , , ,f The first effort will be directed t obtaining translators from among CO " i lege men or army men and snouia ( j these be lacking others from various . J civilian occupations will be taken. ; J rtn . I