Interpreting Alaska Native languages requires more than just words (fwd link)

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Interpreting Alaska Native languages requires more than just words

TAMAR BEN-YOSEF
March 13, 2008 at 1:25PM AKST

For years, Alaska Native language speakers have relied on family and friends to
help them with bureaucratic red tape, medical appointments, voting and even
just getting a driver’s license.

Privacy and confidentiality took a step aside in favor of understanding written
documents and what the doctor is saying.

In 2004, the Alaska Court System conducted a survey that identified a need for
qualified language interpreters.

These days, the Language Interpreted Center, a nonprofit organization under the
Alaska Immigration Justice Project, is in the process of setting up a system
that will link trained interpreters to those in need of their services.

Full article link below:
http://thearcticsounder.com/news/show/1704