I was accompanying my wife that evening and the elder who gave the talk also emphasized the tremendous cost of translation in the EU parliament (which indeed is appalling BTW), along with interpreting. I'm sure WTS translators and interpreters wouldn't mind earning what the the EU folks earn but they'd better give up the idea. We have interpreters and an instant translation appliance in our congr. which comprises an asian group. Quite nice foks, always smiling, one never really knows what they really think. Cliché but real. Anyway, I was feeling embarassed for the speaker's sake who had to give such a shameful pleading, including donations in last will, all the more so that he quoted RUSSELL's word in his introduction.