QUESTION
How are translation issues affecting the Bangladeshi community's understanding of DOE materials?
0:46:34
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The NYC Department of Education acknowledges the need to address Bangla translation issues after concerns are raised about their legibility for the Bangladesh community.
- Council Member Shahana K. Hanif highlights the struggles of the Bangladesh community with the coherency and legibility of DOE materials in Bangla.
- Hanif stresses the importance of clear communications in over 200 languages, ensuring all parents understand their children's school activities, especially during remote learning days.
- Emma Vadehra, Deputy Chancellor for Operations + Finance at the DOE, admits unawareness of the specific issue with Bangla translations but commits to investigating and addressing the concerns.
- The dialogue underscores the critical need for language inclusivity in educational materials to support diverse communities in NYC.
Shahana K. Hanif
0:46:34
I bring this up because I know that parents who are in my community and are are from the Bangladesh community and and speak read and write, Bangladesh have struggled with the DOE's materials that are being distributed in Bangla and are just like this is adbe coherent and eligible.
0:46:58
And so I worry about the translation being done that from when I was in school that would that was not readable to now when we have a workforce that could be built from our communities is still not readable.
0:47:14
It's it's like, it's unjust.
0:47:16
It's not okay that we're still here.
0:47:19
And we should be striving to be able to make sure that every single parent in in a city that has over 200 languages spoken doesn't have to suffer through this, that every every parent, every family that speaks another language, understands what is going on in their school, particularly on a day that their kid has to go remote.
Emma Vadehra
0:47:43
Deeply and completely agree wasn't aware of the issue in terms of the Bangladesh translation.
0:47:49
So we we don't have our language assets access office here.
0:47:52
I hope they are aware.
0:47:53
We will go back and check on that.