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Connecting People Through LanguagePlain Language Guidelines: Translation Begins with the Source
Following plain language guidelines is an important starting point for producing source material that’s ready for translation services. Although translators can produce some pretty impressive work, they aren’t miracle workers. For a translator to create a...
Language Justice: One Step Further for Language Access
Language justice goes beyond language access, providing true equity for people who have limited English proficiency. Although language access — that is, enacting policies that ensure an individual’s access to important communications in their preferred language — is...
How to advance diversity and equity in public transit
Public transit is a major component of urban life. On any given weekday in the United States, city dwellers will board buses, light rails, subways, and other forms of public transportation around 34 million times, according to data from the American Public...
Culturally Competent Outreach Increases LEP Enrollment
Here's how state-based health plans can reduce Medicaid coverage gaps for eligible individuals with limited English proficiency. There have been a handful of significant developments to improve the accessibility of low- or no-cost health insurance over the...
Essential Ways to Improve Equity through Language Access
To improve equity, one step your organization can take is to provide or expand language access for limited English proficient (LEP) individuals and communities. Language access may present itself in many ways: translated website or content, interpreters at healthcare...
How to Improve Website Accessibility
Website accessibility is a way to promote access on your website for those with disabilities. Improving a website’s accessibility benefits everyone—a better structure and experience means greater satisfaction and connection to your brand. You can implement coding,...