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Number of Government Translators
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... Government. Keeping in mind the indefiniteness of the number of persons actually classified under "Translator," we give the figures obtained from the Civil Service Commission for October 1962: Translators and clerk-translators employed in the United States 262 Translators and clerl:-translators employed worldwide 453 (For the number of translators in each division and grade, in each agency, and for the CSC salary schedule for 19 64, and CSC qualification standards, see Appendix 7.)
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... a single request for a full-time translator, there are approximately 500 translators on its rolls who desire work (part time or full time)
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