Q&A
Practical challenges with proposed legislation for a new Office of Translation and Interpretation
2:42:31
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Kenneth Lo explains the practical challenges associated with the proposed legislation (Intro 215) to create a new Office of Translation and Interpretation within MOIA. He outlines several obstacles and limitations that make implementation difficult.
- MOIA has limited internal headcount as a mayor's office
- Lack of strong procurement infrastructure for contracting
- Need for stable job lines to support a dedicated language services team
- MOIA's current structure relies on staff lines from other agencies
- Challenges in setting up a stable infrastructure for a citywide office within the mayor's office structure
- Need for significant technological support and systems to deliver effective language services
Kenneth Lo
2:42:31
Sure.
2:42:31
Thank you for that question, and that is where we want to be able to benefit from our efforts to try to do something similar.
2:42:42
I think, you know, which expansion of the team was intended for many of the same reasons why I believe that the legislation is put forward in trying to let's see.
2:42:58
So Moia is one of the mineral offices.
2:43:04
We have limited internal headcount.
2:43:07
We don't have a strong procurement infrastructure contract.
2:43:16
In addition to having in house lingua's contracting is a particular yeah.
2:43:24
A critical piece of setting up the team to deliver language services.
2:43:33
The the job lines that we need need to be stable.
2:43:40
I think Moia itself has a 5 head count, and then we're all seeing every there are all the other lines or come from other agencies.
2:43:54
So in terms of setting up a staple infrastructure for a dedicated service and a team, the mayor's office.
2:44:10
You know, we're we're happy to build out capacity to serve our needs and other mayor's offices.
2:44:16
And to further explore what we could support.
2:44:19
But in terms of a city wide office, that's that's maybe difficult, and we don't have I don't know.
2:44:30
I think a lot of the resources that associations he has including, I think, we would need a lot of systems in place, a lot of increasingly techno technological support to make sure that such a team is delivering and taking advantage of the advancements in language technology.
2:44:52
So
Alexa Avilés
2:44:54
Can you can you expand a little bit on that piece too?
