Military interpreter (France)

Conquerors have always been surrounded by interpreters,

a necessity to keep their operations moving, but it took
Bonaparte to formalise the military interpreters role and
function.

1.2 Arme dAngleterre

Insignia of the Linguistes de l'Arme de Terre (OSRQLE, OLRAT,

OIRAT)

Military interpreters in the French Army translate

into and out of foreign languages for the French military.
A sous-ocier or interpreter ocer serves in uniform,
accompanying the French armed forces on all its foreign
expeditions for 200 years. Today known as Ociers et
Sous-ociers de Rserve Qualis Langues Etrangres
(OSRQLE), they were formerly known as Ociers Lin-
guistes de Rserve de l'Arme de Terre (OLRAT), In-
terprtes/Ociers Interprtes de Rserve de l'Arme de
Terre (IRAT/OIRAT) or Ociers de Liaison et Inter-
prte de Rserve (OLIR). The unit was rst set up for
Bonapartes Egyptian expedition, and so their insignia is
a sphinx on a blue terrestrial globe divided up by lingual
barriers, on a round grey circular background with rays
Interpreter for the Army of England, 1803
symbolising each of the languages spoken by their unit

1 History 1.3 Arme dAfrique - 1830

1.1 French invasion of Egypt 1.4 1870-1918

The 1931 notice sur les Ociers Interprtes by the 1.5 Second World War
units commander Abribat (a notice largely inspired by
the 1876 Les Interprtes de lArme d Afrique by 1.6 Post-1945
Laurent-Charles Feraud) began:

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Interpreter-ocer Hansi (Jean-Jacques Waltz) in 1915

1.6.1 First Gulf War

1.6.2 Balkans

1.6.3 Afghanistan

2 Training
All military interpreter applicants are usually qualied
enough for conducting interpretation right after being
commissioned. But, there are several dierent courses Medal of the association Nationale des Ociers de Liaison et des
Interprtes de rserve (ANOLIR)
they have to take before being attached to their positions.
The courses vary a lot depending on countries, branches,
positions and others. (Clooney Kim)

3 Associations

4 Notes
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