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Connecting People Through LanguageBuilding Bridges for LEP Voters During Texas Elections
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nearly 35 percent of Texas residents speak a primary language other than English at home and the number of non-English speakers across the state continues to rise. Election officials are required to provide bilingual election...
New Immigrants Coming of Age Require Elections Documents in More Languages
Elections season is upon us! The upcoming Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire primary launch the run up to the US presidential election on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. As our immigrant population of voting age becomes more diverse, the requirements for election officers...
Avantpage Rolls Out Comprehensive Linguistic Evaluation Service to Reduce Errors, Cut Costs
At Avantpage, we're always looking for ways to offer our clients more bang for their buck. Our goal is to provide services that enhance our clients’ translation efforts, offer greater accuracy, and reduce errors to save you time, effort and money. That's why we're...
Election Translation Tip: “Let’s Vote” Is Not the Same As “El voto de Let”
During election season, it’s important to make sure your messaging and documentation reaches all potential voters and supporters and it all begins with encouraging voters to come to the polls. The title of this post uses a Google Translate Spanish translation of the...
Beauty and the Beast: San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
I celebrated my birthday and Thanksgiving with a visit to the gorgeous Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay Area. The weather was cold and sunny, with beautiful views of San Francisco, Marin County and Berkeley. We also visited the US Immigration Station (USIS),...
The Open Government Partnership and Worldwide Language Access
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) was launched in 2011 to provide an international platform for domestic reformers committed to making their governments more open, accountable, and responsive to citizens. The US is a founding member and today the OGP has 69...