Wednesday, July 24, 2002
Signs in Spanish Not Enough, Nor Are Telephone Interpreters in Hilton Head
"State and local hurricane brochures have been translated into Spanish, which has resulted in an unexpected discovery, said William Winn, Beaufort County Emergency Management director. 'We find that a lot of Spanish-speaking folks here can't read Spanish,' he said," "County helps Spanish-speaking constituents," Beaufort Gazette.
From July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002, the county spent $11,060 for telephone translation. This did not suit Luis Bell, president of the Latin American Council, who evidently wants the county to hire staff interpreters: "I think the telephone line is not bad at all, it's better than nothing. But it's better if you have a real person there."
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