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bassexpander
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Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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 Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:48 pm Post subject: Lawmakers plan to submit bill forcing multilingual services |
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/11/116_55163.html
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A group of lawmakers plan to submit a bill next week that would make it mandatory for public institutions and hospitals to provide multilingual services, sources said Monday.
"The bill would require public organizations and hospitals designated by the government to provide translation and interpretation services in foreign languages, including English and Chinese," said Kim Seong-hoi, secretary general of the Korea Multicultural Center...... |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| This is good. In Canada all the hospitals have a card with 2 dozen languages on it. They can present it to someone and they point at which one is theirs and they ring a translator. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Whew, for a moment there I thought they were gonna force private organizations. But either way, I expect this policy to pan out like everyother. |
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