Hooked on Ebonics

[lupi]

wait...WTF!?!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100823/ap_on_re_us/us_ebonics_dea


ATLANTA – Federal agents are seeking to hire Ebonics translators to help interpret wiretapped conversations involving targets of undercover drug investigations.

 

[pcgeek11]

Yes, I speak jive....

 

[schneiderguy]

Yes, I speak jive....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhJDvI3gUO8

:awe:

 

[JulesMaximus]

amdhunter would have loved this thread but he was just vacationed in another thread.

 

[MJinZ]

teeheeheeeeee

 

[MJinZ]

amdhunter would have loved this thread but he was just vacationed in another thread.

Man, he must be doing some srsly business to PO the mods off that bad.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

"Rickford said that hiring Ebonics experts could come in handy for the DEA, but he said it's hard to determine whether a prospective employee can speak it well enough to translate since there are no standardized tests. He said the ideal candidate would be a native speaker who also has had some linguistics training.

Finding the right translators could be the difference between a successful investigation or a failed one, said Sanders. While he said many listeners can get the gist of what Ebonics speakers are saying, it could take an expert to define it in court."

And there is the problem. You could find a "translator" but without without some sort of certification any competent lawyer will rip your "expert witness" testimony apart by simply saying that his client meant something other than what the "expert" thinks was said.