The bilingual desk

A schedule notice needs to work in English and Spanish without changing its meaning.

Pick roles

Meaning keeper: mark conditions, dates and uncertainty.

Language partner: draft natural wording for the intended readers.

Fresh reader: explain each version in their own words.

Work through it

Compare what readers understood. Ask a fluent speaker to review language you cannot reliably check yourselves.

Make this together

Two versions plus a note about the terms you clarified.

Check the result

Did either version turn a proposed change into a final decision?

Your notes.

Kept in this tab’s session. Nothing is sent to us.

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