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iOS Localization #134

Open cheng-tan opened 4 years ago

cheng-tan commented 4 years ago

WA DOH language list:

Top 10:
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lober commented 4 years ago

I would suggest we ask DOH to prioritize this list (or the larger list of 37 languages). They have funding to support translation, but as a practical matter, we should first address the languages that have the greatest impact. That's not necessarily the same and the greatest number of speakers. In one clinical setting, our partners prioritized languages by how often they called interpretive services - which identified those languages spoken by patients who had the least command of English as a second language or otherwise seemed in greatest need of translation.

lober commented 4 years ago

I received an email in mid-march that identified a larger list of languages:

"Here’s the verbiage from the COVID-19 Language Access Plan for all state agencies:

The Washington state Governor’s Office secured funding to translate every cabinet agency’s vital information related to COVID-19 into the top 37 languages spoken by individuals with limited English proficiency in Washington state—these are languages spoken by at least 5% of the state population or 1,000 people. According to 2016 data from OFM, these languages are:"

  1. Spanish

  2. Vietnamese

  3. Russian

  4. Ukrainian

  5. Tagalog

  6. Somali

  7. Korean

  8. Arabic

  9. Punjabi

  10. Cambodian

  11. Chinese (simplified)

  12. Chinese (traditional)

  13. Marshallese

  14. Samoan

  15. Hindi

  16. Amharic

  17. Japanese

  18. Telugu

  19. Urdu

  20. Lao

  21. Rumanian

  22. Tigrinya

  23. Farsi

  24. Tamil

  25. French

  26. Nepali

  27. Hmong

  28. Chuuk

  29. Mixteco

  30. Swahili

  31. German

  32. Pilipino/Filipin

  33. Burmese

  34. Thai

  35. Oromo

  36. Karen

  37. Portuguese