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One_Life_To_Give Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 10:59 AM
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14. Should a gov't of 200 people support 187 languages
While the target in these cases is typically Spanish. The precedance goes far beyond. To what extent must a municipality employ translators and have all documents translated? Should that be done for a single individual? Does it depend upon size and resources of the government?

Translating documents is a time consuming and expensive process. Particularly so when trying to translate legal and/or technical documents. How much should society have to adapt to accomodate a single individual? Should the entire Code of Federal Regualtions and Federal Register be Translated into Latin because one individual claims it's their preferred/sole language.

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