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Article: Rumford translation firm used in war effort
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- March 19, 2004
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RUMFORD - With more than 500 subcontracted linguists providing
services in the war effort overseas, World Wide Language Resources
Inc. has more than doubled its staff since 9-11.
The company provides interpretation, translation and language
training services to the military and other businesses overseas.
Employees have been based in a host of countries in the Middle
East and South East Asia since shortly after Sept. 11, 2001. Most are
now located in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This was the only company from Maine, however, that has contracted
services overseas to assist in war efforts thus far, according to the
offices of U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe.
A conference between members of ...