OFFICIALS SAY IT IS GOING SO WELL, THEY ARE HOPING TO MORE THAN DOUBLE IT NEXT YEAR. A CLASSROOM FULL OF EAGER STUDENTS, NOT SOMETHING YOU MIGHT EXPECT IN THE FIRST ...

As many as 1 in 10 working-age adults in the U.S. has limited English proficiency (LEP). Let alone the personal employment and economic implications of this reality, when LEP patients are inadequately ...

Every day in health clinics across the country, bilingual employees step into exam rooms to help patients and providers ...

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 exists to prevent discrimination based on national origin, gender or religion. The Court Interpreters Act of 1978 and the Amendments to the Act from 1988 ...

Consecutive interpreting is more laborious than simultaneous interpreting as it slows the proceeding down. All participants in a meeting have to wait for the interpreter to stop speaking before they ...

Federal regulations bar bilingual staff from interpreting unless they become certified, yet many clinics rely on these employees anyway. So researchers tested whether a 1-week long training in medical ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - For the first time, Jefferson County Public Schools is offering an interpreter course for bilingual students. Just because these students can speak two languages, it doesn't ...

SAYS IT’S STRUGGLING TO RECRUIT BILINGUAL OFFICERS. YEAH, RECRUITMENT IS DOWN ACROSS ALL AGENCIES IN THE AREA. ONE LIEUTENANT SAYS THE RECRUITS, THEY DO GET DON’T HAVE SPANISH SPEAKING AS A SKILL SET, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 exists to prevent discrimination based on national origin, gender or religion. The Court ...