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assis104s
Joined: 31 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:26 pm Post subject: lost in translation? |
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I just saw this article on the bbc news saying that many local authorities and othe bodies such as the NHS are spending loads (£100m) on translation services for UK residents who don’t speak English. They had a bengali women on it who said that it was too easy for her not to speak english as they have these services.
do you think this affects the Chinese community? i remember that my mum did voluntary translations when I was young, so I don't think it would be part of that UK £100m, but maybe it was a bit of scaremongering from the BBC.... |
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PingPing
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
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Location: KENT
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I work in the public sector. Our organisation produce booklets and other material printed in Chinese. The organisation will pay good money to translate these material, sometimes, the translated message don't make good sense. There is a dozen of Chinese staff amongst the the workforce of 7000. They are too proud to ask a second opion from us. :(
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Edwina Lee
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Location: High Wycombe, UK
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| May be there will be more ESL (English as a Secondary Language) classes staffed by proper translators? |
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