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bbc
The amount of official material being translated by bodies such as councils should be cut to encourage immigrants to learn English, Ruth Kelly has said.
The communities secretary said there were cases - such as in a casualty ward - where translation was necessary.
But, she told the BBC's Politics Show, translation had been "used too frequently and without thought".
Ms Kelly said that learning and using the English language was "key" to helping migrants to integrate.
Originally posted by Freedom ERP
I think we covered some of this in www.abovepolitics.com...
If you come to my country you learn to read and speak my language. It's English. Why should my taxes be wasted on translating any document from English?
There are more pressing demands for funds yet we continue to waste money on translation documents.
How much money is spent by local and national government on translation services?
At the time of the 2001 census 58% of the population in Tower Hamlets belonged to an ethnic group other than White British. A third or 33% of the population were Bangladeshi, 7% came from African/Caribbean backgrounds and the total White British population was 42%.
Originally posted by Liberal1984
timeless-test you forget that peoples fines pay for those traffic wardens. In fact I believe most council’s (although private contractors are often used) receive a hefty profit.
Originally posted by Liberal1984
So Sminkey…
You don’t think people not speaking English is a problem then? As far as I'm concerned that’s the primary reason for less translation.