Translation services for immigrants
So I have a question my google-fu is failing me on - I keep just getting results from the Daily Mail. I have a feeling all the information I want will be on websites in other languages, which isn't that helpful to mostly monolingual me.
In the UK we provide translators - and translated leaflets, government and local council information etc - in various languages, for immigrants. You can get a translator if you're going to the doctor or to the hospital or to court, or social services or various other things. Are we unusually generous about this? What level of support do other countries give?
I was arguing with somebody the other day who claimed that we're the only country who provides any of this, which I'm pretty sure is nonsense, but am having trouble proving. (I did argue that it provided jobs for translators, but I don't think that convinced.)
In the UK we provide translators - and translated leaflets, government and local council information etc - in various languages, for immigrants. You can get a translator if you're going to the doctor or to the hospital or to court, or social services or various other things. Are we unusually generous about this? What level of support do other countries give?
I was arguing with somebody the other day who claimed that we're the only country who provides any of this, which I'm pretty sure is nonsense, but am having trouble proving. (I did argue that it provided jobs for translators, but I don't think that convinced.)