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New York City
fromCity Limits
1 day ago

What HUD's New English-Only Policy Means for New Yorkers

HUD implemented an English-only policy, removing non-English materials and translation services, reducing multilingual access for hundreds of thousands of HUD-assisted households.
fromwww.amny.com
2 days ago

New York courts grapple with shortage of interpreters, the ears and voice' of non-English speakers | amNewYork

In the New York state court system, the people translating for non-English speaking litigants are called interpreters for a reason. They are doing more than just repeating, said Ann Ryan, a career interpreter who now heads the court system's Office of Language Access as its statewide coordinator. They're taking those concepts and converting them into the same concept in another language. And that is a thoughtful but very rapid process.
Law
fromNextgov.com
2 months ago

Justice pushes agencies to use AI-assisted translations, when offering them at all

Technological advances in translation services will permit agencies to produce cost-effective methods for bridging language barriers and reducing inefficiencies with the translation process.
US politics
NYC politics
fromDocumented
2 months ago

Get Legal Help and English Classes for Free with The Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs - Documented

MOIA supports immigrant New Yorkers by providing legal guidance, language access, and city service connections independently from federal immigration enforcement.
fromLos Angeles Times
3 months ago

Survey shows Californians want ballots in more languages

Currently, California provides bilingual voting assistance primarily for Spanish speakers, but a new poll indicates widespread support for expanding this to more languages, including Chinese and Vietnamese.
California
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