re: #1064 Killgore Trout

Nothing there I’d consider “liberal”.

the *dragoman 1995* may be a clue:
Dragoman designates the official title of a person who would function as an interpreter, translator and official guide between Turkish, Arabic, and Persian-speaking countries and polities of the Middle East and European embassies, consulates, vice-consulates and trading posts. A dragoman had to have a knowledge of Arabic, Turkish, and European languages Link Answers.com