[Grovenet] Habla English?

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Thanks Deena! You are the first to answer the question <G>. 

That's sounds like a good approach to handle the issue. 

And you're right that, certainly, Spanish is the most common language spoken
here after English. 

Just for fun I check on the "popularity" of the World's languages. Here's
the top ten:

1) English

2) Chinese

3) Japanese

4) Spanish

5) German

6) French

7) Portuguese

8) Korean

9) Italian

10) Arabic

From:

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm

So in the top three two out of three are Asian languages. Hmmmmm....

Ron D'Eau Claire 



-----Original Message-----
From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
Behalf Of Deena
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 4:23 PM
To: Forest Grove local interests list
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Habla English?


As I remember it, last year translation services were available at 
the Annual Town Meeting. I don't think that anyone availed themselves 
of the opportunity. The technology isn't so difficult, actually. 
Here's how it works. There's a low power FM transmitter with a 
wearable microphone, and several sets of receivers with headsets, all 
tuned to the same (hopefully unused in the area) frequency. A 
translator wears the transmitter, and translates into the microphone, 
which is picked up by the receivers in the room.

If I remember correctly, the City either borrowed, or rented the 
equipment from Community Action Organization at a very low cost. I 
believe that the translator was a volunteer. I'm assuming that a 
similar process has happened this year, although I'm no longer in a 
position to know that for sure. Spanish language translation was 
chosen since it is by far the most prevalent non-English language 
spoken in this area, whether by people whose roots are Mexican, 
Spanish, El Salvadoran, Venezuelan, Chilean, Puerto Rican, 
Honduran......the list goes on.

Regards,
Deena

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