{"id":243,"date":"2023-09-12T17:55:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T17:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=243"},"modified":"2023-09-25T17:56:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T17:56:42","slug":"google-translate-blamed-for-linking-nyc-agency-with-communist-party-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/09\/12\/google-translate-blamed-for-linking-nyc-agency-with-communist-party-of-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Translate blamed for linking NYC agency with ‘Communist Party of China’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gothamist<\/a> – Nonetheless, the mistakes prompted laughs in other corners of city government as well as criticisms from immigrant rights advocates who said the episode points to a bigger problem in language access for immigrant communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is hilarious,\u201d said Councilmember Shahana Hanif. \u201cOur communities don’t feel comfortable utilizing government resources, and one of those reasons is because official government documents and important notices, even if they’re translated, the quality of translation is incomprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, Hanif pushed<\/a> for the creation of an Office of Translation and Interpretation within the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, designed to provide interpreters to various city agencies, but saw the effort stall.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd because we don’t have that, this is what you get,\u201d she said. [Read More<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gothamist<\/a> – Nonetheless, the mistakes prompted laughs in other corners of city government as well as criticisms from immigrant rights advocates who said the episode points to a bigger problem in language access for immigrant communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is hilarious,\u201d said Councilmember Shahana Hanif. \u201cOur communities don’t feel comfortable utilizing government resources, and one of those reasons is because official government documents and important notices, even if they’re translated, the quality of translation is incomprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, Hanif <\/p>\n

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