Latest content by Laura Godfrey
USWDS LANGUAGE SELECTION PATTERNS
How do we help users find content in their preferred language? Join us as we take a closer look at the language selection patterns we’re developing for USWDS.
2022
Multilingual & Web Content
Language Connections: Tips to Create, Maintain, and Present Non-English Digital Content
Tips to help you improve access to your non-English digital content.
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2022
Hispanic Heritage Month & Social Media
How To Best Connect With Your Spanish-speaking Audience During an Emergency
The Multilingual Community of Practice is hosting a panel to share some successful social media strategies that you can use to connect with your Spanish-speaking audience during emergencies.
2021
Multilingual Huddle: Designing for Translation
In this webinar, Laura Godfrey and Fedora Braverman share tips for translating content in the digital context.
In this talk, we’ll focus on content creation and how accessibility supports multilingual work.
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2020
How the Census Bureau provided language assistance in 59 non-English languages for the 2020 Census.
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2020
Multilingual
How USAGov en Español Uses Quantitative and Qualitative Data to Meet the Needs of Its Audience
In this workshop, we will show how USAGov en Español collects and analyzes data from across several social media channels and the USAGov Contact Center to design and improve content and outreach strategies.
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2020
This talk will offer insights and tips on how to best design and translate surveys and other government materials aimed at reaching non-English speaking members of the public.
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2020
With the sharp improvement in machine translation quality, the variety of government use cases for this technology has evolved.
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2019
The federal Plain Language community is holding their first all-day summit in Washington D.C., and you’re invited!
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2018
Join the Multilingual and Video Production Pros Communities of Practice for a talk about a video the CFPB created, for a Spanish speaking audience.
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2018
This event will provide concrete tips and examples of how to reach more Spanish speakers needing and looking for government information through social media
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2017
Top 10 best practices for multilingual websites
Ten tips for creating and managing multilingual government websites.
Spanish Language Style Guides and Glossaries
Spanish Language Style Guides are resources for government employees, translators, and communications professionals who work with the government that contains information on grammar and style issues, and glossaries to standardize the use of Spanish across government.
Bilingual Glossaries, Dictionaries, and Style Guides
Multilingual resources to standardize the use of various languages across government.
Spanish Language Style Guide and Glossaries: Grammar
Examples and explanations for words, phrases, acronyms, numbers, punctuation, capitalization, symbols, and more used in Spanish grammar.