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.
LEP
Resources on LEP
Dept. of Justice Memo Reaffirming the Mandates of EO 13166 —Executive Order 13 1661 was issued in August of 2000 and this memorandum reaffirms its mandate. The Executive Order has two primary parts: …
Improving Access to Services for People with Limited English Proficiency (EO 13166) —On August 11, 2000, the president signed Executive Order 13166, “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency”, …
News and Events on LEP
3 posts
Video
How to Better Serve Your LEP Audience by Meeting the Federal Requirements
Learn about your legal obligations to limited English proficient individuals (LEP) as a federal, state, or local government agency. We’ll provide an overview of national origin discrimination and offer practical tips for overcoming language barriers and language access program planning.
Multilingual Digital Content
Federal agencies are required to provide meaningful access to government information to people with limited English proficiency. This applies to your agency’s digital content too. You need to determine how much information you need to provide in other languages, based on an assessment of your audience.
What’s In a Name Does Matter
Can you imagine how frustrating and confusing it would be to find several variations of the same agency name on different sites or even different pages or documents on the same site? This is what happens everyday to Spanish-speaking customers accessing the Spanish names of
Lost in Translation
Automated translation is touted as a one click solution. But is it? From time to time, the listserv lights up with the issue of translating websites into other languages and I’ve seen the interest increase as Web managers struggle to comply with competing mandates to serve their customers. Many Web managers are tasked with installing
