A human resource manager in America has been forced to justify his advertisement for a Klingon interpreter.

Jerry Jelusich of Multnomah County's Department of Human Services recently gave a press conference outlining just why he had advertised for an interpreter fluent in the Star Trek language Klingon.

"The law is perfectly clear," Jelusich told the journalists baying for his blood, "and it requires us to provide information in all the languages our clients speak."

"Although it was created by Gene Roddenberry for a work of fiction, the Klingon language was designed from the outset to have a consistent grammar, syntax, and vocabulary."

"Moreover, we've had a growing number of cases involving mental health patients where Klingon is the only language they would speak."

Presumably those applying for the honour of being a Klingon translator don't have to wear the full leather outfit, sport bumpy foreheads, eat gagh and drink blood wine.