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| Title: | The Role and Position of Foreign-Educated Interpreters in Ethiopia (1880-1889) |
| Author: | Aleme Eshete |
| Year: | 1973 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Ethiopian Studies |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Period: | January |
| Pages: | 17-27 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Ethiopia |
| Subjects: | interpreters History and Exploration colonialism Education and Oral Traditions |
| Abstract: | Successively the author discusses two categories of foreign-educated interpreters: 1. Arabic-speaking interpreters, who were employed at the courts of Ethiopian princes; some were Christian Abyssinians, others Moslems from the coastal or frontier regions, and even foreigners - 2. Ethiopian interpreters, educated in Europe, mostly on mission schools, Notes. |
