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Category Archives: Language/Literacy

The Secret Language of Design

Posted on January 16, 2023 by TonySchmitzJanuary 16, 2023

Usually we’re concerned with the vicissitudes of communicating across language barriers. But here’s another way to think about how you’re interacting with patients. Recently the New York Times explored a few of the unspoken pitfalls by which patients get a … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy

The Revived Language of Manx

Posted on November 28, 2022 by TonySchmitzNovember 28, 2022

How long do languages last? Already it’s not uncommon to hear children of immigrants admit they don’t speak their grandparents’ native tongue that well. What about their children and grandchildren? What does it take to save a language? Here’s a story … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy

How to Make Your Health Messaging Relevant

Posted on September 5, 2022 by TonySchmitzSeptember 5, 2022

Wondered whether your health messages to refugees, migrants and immigrants are actually hitting the mark? Here’s a webinar sponsored by the National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants and Migrants where panelists will explain “cultural validation” — the practice of including … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy, Refugees/Immigrants

What Also Vanishes When a Language Disappears?

Posted on July 11, 2022 by TonySchmitzJuly 11, 2022

As noted here before, this is a world in which languages are disappearing at a frantic rate. Linguists predict that 90 percent of languages will become obsolete over the next century. Zoe Yu explores this topic in a New York … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy

A Reason Behind LEP Health Disparities

Posted on July 4, 2022 by TonySchmitzJuly 4, 2022

Just about everybody knows there’s a disparity in health outcomes between LEP patients and native English speakers. From Harvard researchers, here’s a partial explantation. In a recently published study in JAMA Pediatrics, the study team established that LEP patients are … Continue reading →

Posted in Interpreters/Translators, Language/Literacy, Uncategorized

Hmonglish!

Posted on June 20, 2022 by TonySchmitzJune 20, 2022

Here’s a new podcast that opens a window into Hmong culture in America. Hmonglish is hosted by Yia Vang — a James Beard-nominated chef — and Gia Vang, a former anchor at KARE-11. Interviewed recently by MPR Morning Edition host Cathy … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy

Google Translate Adds Indigenous Languages

Posted on June 6, 2022 by TonySchmitzJune 6, 2022

In a health care environment it’s not the same as offering in-person interpretation, but recent additions to the languages offered by Google Translate help make the world a smaller place. In ‘Allinllachu.’ Google Translate Adds Quechua to Its Platform, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy

For DeafBlind, a New Way to Communicate

Posted on May 16, 2022 by TonySchmitzMay 16, 2022

Here’s a development in the DeafBlind world that New Yorker reporter Andrew Leland describes as a new language. In DeafBlind Communities May be Creating a New Language of Touch, Leland writes about ProTactile, a mode of communication that moves beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy

Beyond He/She/They

Posted on April 25, 2022 by TonySchmitzApril 25, 2022

There’s a world of personal pronouns beyond he/she/they. To name just a few: ze/zir/zirs ze/hir/hirs xe/xem/xyrs ey/em/eirs Here’s some help from LGBTQNation on navigating the sometimes tricky business of addressing patients and clients in the way they prefer. See Everything … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy

Fighting Words: Is It Hmoob or Moob?

Posted on April 18, 2022 by TonySchmitzApril 18, 2022

Generally people think of interpretation and translation as a way to solve problems. Here’s a story from St. Paul that proves just the opposite can be true as well. In Dialect dispute has St. Paul Hmong group calling for Dai … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy

How to Preserve Threatened Languages

Posted on February 14, 2022 by TonySchmitzFebruary 14, 2022

Having others understand the language you speak is one thing, but having your language survive in the face of globalization is another. That’s the subject that James Griffith takes on in his book, Speak Not: Empire, Identity and the Politics … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy

Love Language, Interpreted

Posted on January 24, 2022 by TonySchmitzJanuary 24, 2022

Here’s a story from the New York Times that’s equal parts romance and practicality. In A Love Language Spoken with Hands, a gay deaf man recounts his relationships with would-be paramours who promise that for him, they will learn sign … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy

Karen Kid’s Book Touts Outdoor Adventure

Posted on January 17, 2022 by TonySchmitzJanuary 17, 2022

Here’s another find via the excellent online immigrant/refugee news source, Sahan Journal. In this piece — After having a daughter, Reona Htoo couldn’t find children’s books in the Karen language. So she wrote one herself— St. Paul resident Htoo translates … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy

How Language Affects Pain

Posted on December 13, 2021 by TonySchmitzDecember 13, 2021

Here’s a fascinating piece from the New York Times, Burning, Crushing, Stabbing: How Words Affect Pain — the language you use could make a difference on the pain you feel. Reporter Cameron Walker runs through a list of surprising observations … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy

Translation Without Words

Posted on March 1, 2021 by TonySchmitzMarch 1, 2021

Not all translation depends on words, as is made clear by a New York Times obit for graphic designer and artist Rajie Cook. In 1974, Cook’s design firm was hired by the US Department of Transportation as it prepared for … Continue reading →

Posted in Language/Literacy

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