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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News and Events on Multilingual
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Practical Tips for Accessible Content and Multilingual Websites
In this talk, we’ll focus on content creation and how accessibility supports multilingual work.
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2020 Census Language Support in 59 Non-English Languages
How the Census Bureau provided language assistance in 59 non-English languages for the 2020 Census.
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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.
Let’s Talk Shop: How USAGov Outreach Connects With Agency Partners
USAGov Outreach connects with agency partners in a variety of ways—if you’re from a federal agency looking for new ways to reach your audience, learn about partnering with USAGov! — via USA.gov
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Survey Translation and the Inclusion of End Users in the Process
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.
Taking a Look at the USAGov Analytics Dashboard
The USA.gov’s team launched a new analytics dashboard that shows the top pages and topics that are trending on USA.gov and USA.gov/espanol. This gives agencies a better window into the information the public needs most so they can prioritize that information and make it more accessible to their users. — via USA.gov
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The National Language Service Corps Can Fulfill Your Translation Needs
An increase in demand for multilingual digital content, shrinking budgets, and rising translation costs have impacted federal agencies trying to offer information and services in languages other than English. Learn how the National Service Language Corps (NLSC) can help.
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Using Neural Machine Translation for Multilingual Communication
With the sharp improvement in machine translation quality, the variety of government use cases for this technology has evolved.
Designing for Translation
Learn simple planning steps to successfully translate content into multiple languages.
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Creating Videos in Languages Other Than English
Join the Multilingual and Video Production Pros Communities of Practice for a talk about a video the CFPB created, for a Spanish speaking audience.
New USAGov Program Aims to Help Agencies Market Within the Federal Government
The Outreach and Marketing team from USAGov helps agencies amplify their key messages through a variety of channels.
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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.
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Responding to a Disaster: How USAGov Helped Shape the Digital Response in Puerto Rico
This interactive talk with a USAGov team member will highlight the digital response in Puerto Rico during and after Hurricane Maria.
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Connect With Your Spanish-Language Audience on Social Media
This event will provide concrete tips and examples of how to reach more Spanish speakers needing and looking for government information through social media
CFPB Serves up Financial Tips to Seniors
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Meals on Wheels America have created multilingual educational resources about financial scams that target the elderly which can be easily distributed to seniors in the communities they serve, and downloaded or ordered in bulk for free by the general public. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Consumer Education &
USDA FoodKeeper App Update Expands Content Offerings
The USDA’s multilingual FoodKeeper app has been updated to include three options for receiving food recall updates and expands storage timelines to over 500 products. This post was originally published on the USDA blog. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced new updates to its popular FoodKeeper application that will provide users with new access to
Steps Towards SEO: Meta Descriptions on MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus is a consumer health website produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), available in both English and Spanish. As part of our Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy, we recently added meta descriptions to our health topic pages. A meta description is a short HTML attribute in the head tag that describes the contents of a
