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 Ar an triochadú lá de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh Ross Clark: 

 > United Nations. 2017. "to celebrate the role of language professionals".
 > 
 > It's the feast day of St.Jerome, who's the patron not only of translators and
 > interpreters, but also "Bible scholars, archivists, librarians, military
 > linguists [?], encyclopedists and students." (Crystal)

My understanding is “linguist” is a term in the US military for service members
who work as interpreters or translators. See
https://www.google.com/search?q=linguist+site:.mil 

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