The factsheet for Section 1557 of the ACA, posted on the website of the Department of website of Health and Human Services, says: The page starts with a short summary of the rule: Section 1557 is the nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, [...]
Geoff Koby ATA released a mission statement in the May 15, 2019 issue of Newsbriefs: ATA’s mission is to promote the recognition of professional translators and interpreters, to facilitate communication among its members, to establish standards of competence and ethics, to provide its members with professional development opportunities, and to advocate on behalf [...]
Geoff Koby Signature drive: If you are an ATA voting member, your signed form is due at ATA by May 29. Please read below. Geoff is interested in the President-Elect position. During the two years after being elected, the President-elect generally coordinates the ATA conference, and in the following two years, that person [...]
At the American Translators Association Conference in Washington, DC, I attended a session on Interpreting and Translating for Farmers and Migrant Workers presented by Michelle Pinzl. This is the target audience of some of my translations, and knowing who we translate for helps us write in a way that our text is understood. When I [...]
Spanish is the second most common language in the United States According to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), in 2013 Spanish was the predominant language spoken by both immigrant and U.S.-born Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals. 37,459,000 people speak Spanish in the United States. 16,482,000 are limited English proficient. Hispanic dropout rate: Double the white [...]
On Sunday, February 19, I was able to deliver a report to Senator Wyden at his Town Hall meeting in Eugene, Oregon. This is the one-pager I wrote about the situation in Oregon. Oregon and National Needs in Interpreting and Translation I also gave him the following documents to look over. I hope he reads [...]
On September 8, I visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I spoke with a woman who works there and told her I am a Spanish interpreter. She told me she wished her husband had been able to work with an interpreter 30 years ago, before he met her. Here is her story, as she emailed [...]
Today’s post is guest written by my husband, David. He has watched me in action over the years, and this is the story of some things he has learned. In 25 years of marriage to Helen, I’ve learned a lot about my unconscious biases. I was raised on an entirely family-run farm in Oregon. When my [...]
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in any program or activity that receives Federal funds or other Federal financial assistance. There is information on this topic in the Health and Human Services website and, of course, in the Department of Justice website of [...]
In our January 2015 class in Woodburn, Oregon, one of the students had an unusual background. This is the story of a professional Mexican nurse who came to the United States to take care of the health of her child in 1989. We had questions. What training do Mexican nurses receive? How did she navigate [...]
