Speaking With A Bilingual Private Investigator

By Michael Ward


Everyone has secrets, dirty little things that they would rather keep hidden, keep away from prying eyes. Maybe because it is something that could ruin a career, take for example politics. Many politicians have been brought down because of having affairs that resulted in natural born children. But the thing about those dirty little secrets is that never stay secret, at some point in time, they will all come out like a courageous queer during pride month. Things never stay hidden, not for long. Many times those little shames are uncovered by a bilingual private investigator.

A private investigator is, in essence, a detective. However, unlike a police officer, they are not in the game to protect and serve. They are in it to make money, to make a profit. Many of them will have a background in law enforcement, and this background will be where they receive their investigative training.

Without superfluous wording, being bilingual is being able to speak more than a single language. Now, this can mean a lot of things. On the one hand, it can mean simply knowing a few words and phrases to being able to pass as a native speaker.

A lot of bilingual people are the children of immigrants. They speak one language outside of the home, but behind closed doors with their families, they talk in the mother tongue. This happens because they are exposed to both tongues at a young age, during the crucial, formative years where the brain begins to develop speech.

For a PI, being bilingual can present numerous advantages. For one, it can open a brand new demographic, a lot of new clients, especially those from the immigrant communities. Then it can also be an invaluable skill when conduction an investigation, as it can allow an investigator to be able to speak to more kinds of people, which means that they are able to be more effective at what they do.

Now, private investigators are small business owners. As such, they need to make a profit. Similar to lawyers, they will charge an hourly or daily fee. Bilingualism may affect that fee, as they may feel that they can charge higher if they possess more skills.

The thing about a professional is that the client can expect the job to get done. So it is very important to look into the background of a PI, to see if they have the skills needed to get the job done. This can be accomplished with a simple internet search.

Attorney client privilege states that if there is a reasonable expectation of privacy, then whatever a client says to their lawyer is privileged information and cannot be divulged. Many a PI will operate in the same manner. Discretion is, after all, the better part of valor.

Secrets and lies are a part of life. But a greater part is truth. The thing about truth is that it will generally win out in the end. No matter what obfuscations a person puts up, the truth can and, most of the time, will come out.




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