the interpreter's tale
after eight years as interpreter and translator for saddam hussein, esho joseph fled his country. despite his status, he had been marked for execution. esho and his wife defected to jordan and eventually to the united states. for 12 years, he waited for the chance to return as a free man to iraq. npr's jacki lyden who accompanied him on the trip home, tells the story in a most splendid piece of journalism.note (and pet-peeve alert): interpreters, consecutively or simultaneously, interpret foreign speech orally. a translator, translates the written word. please learn the difference and stop confusing the terms once and for all. call a spade a spade...
