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Tag: Vietnamese

Effectiveness of BP training may be lost in translation

by The EditorsMay 12, 2010November 7, 2019

A special oil-spill class set up by BP Tuesday to train Vietnamese fishers in their native language went poorly, with translators giving up just minutes into the four-hour session, and bilingual audience members struggling to fill the gap, one observer said. Those attending got the necessary certification and are qualified to be called into service […]

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