Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 February 1947 — Page 7

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* Times Special Writer LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Feb. 4A twist.of a tiny dial—and, lo, the barrier of language difficulty disappears. At the United Nations, the first step is being taken. The tower

of Babel is under assault. A strange language flows into the

microphone and comes out, through

individual earphones, into something you understand.

One of the Russians speaks at a conference. You turn the dial—and get what he says in Eng- ° lish or French or Spanish or Chi-

a his turn, the Russian listens to Spanish and recelves it In his own language . . « or Chinese, if he wishes, * This is the simultaneous inter- Barre pretation” system Me, yi developed at the Nuernberg war crimial trials and advanced here at the United Nations, to a degree which greatly “reduces the ancient problem of language conflict, Cost $50 Each Individual mobile radio receiving sets are the latest development, These sets, weighing 1% pounds and costing $50 each, hang around the neck. Earphones connect with the set. You attend a conference in the room set up with this equipment. A Frenchman is talking but you don’t understand French. In the old days you had to wait for the speech to be repeated. by an interpreter, That took time and it was boring for those who understood

t already is so pleased with the oa that all conference rooms will be equipped for radio short-

| wave interpreting.

But the security council will retain the old, slower method of repetition. It gives the top-ranking delegates vitally concerned with every word

lf (and shade of meaning—more time k [to think.

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