The direction of commands back and forth between the KR leaders proves highly incriminating for certain well-known KR personalities. In addition, we have finished the translation of the mapping report for 1997 and 1998, illustrating the location of pits, mass graves, killing sites and prisons, specifying death tolls in each province and elaborating witnesses' accounts. Collectively, this constitutes a substantial quantity of translated information, enough for the UN Group of Experts to come to the conclusion that an international tribunal is warranted. But perhaps Mr. Karnavas believes he knows better than the group of distinguished jurists, much more experienced and much senior to him. Of course, I myself find that translating is no easy job to do since it requires not only someone with a good command of English, but also a substantial amount of time.
Translation is a tedious task, and it requires patience and focus.
There is nothing but stupidity and illiteracy reflected in the hand-written documents which constitute the communications between the KR superiors and their subordinates, but it is a complex sort of stupidity. Often they use abbreviations and code names in their messages. This very coded form of language makes translation a challenge. But soon one becomes accustomed to the language they use, and the task of translation becomes easier. The Documentation Center of Cambodia has amassed thousands of pages of documents, which have been summarized, translated, cataloged, scanned and even posted onto the internet.