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Stephen Franke
Stephen Franke
Amerika Syarikat
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Similar mistakes in translations of Arabic-language items for 2010 Census Jun 5, 2010

Greetings.

Interesting article. Surprising, since Spanish is the only one non-English "official language" used in 2010 Census individual census responder forms.

Similar mistakes appeared in translations of the Arabic-language items for the 2010 Census. When those errors were pointed out to the Regional Census Centers which distributed the materials, responses included that [1] "it was too late to make corrected versions", [2] "such errors overall did not matter", or [3] sil... See more
Greetings.

Interesting article. Surprising, since Spanish is the only one non-English "official language" used in 2010 Census individual census responder forms.

Similar mistakes appeared in translations of the Arabic-language items for the 2010 Census. When those errors were pointed out to the Regional Census Centers which distributed the materials, responses included that [1] "it was too late to make corrected versions", [2] "such errors overall did not matter", or [3] silence.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke
Former 2010 Census Enumerator (QA)
English = Arabic and Persian
San Pedro, California

[Edited at 2010-06-05 16:26 GMT]

[Edited at 2010-06-06 21:48 GMT] ▲ Collapse
 


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