http://www.k12translate.com/Blog online educational translation, online translation site Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:58:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When it comes to Chinese it is important to understand that there is a distinction between the spoken and written forms of the language. There are dozens of dialects in China but the most widely spoken ones are Mandarin and Cantonese. Neither of these dialects have any direct ... http://www.k12translate.com/Blog/should-i-select-traditional-or-simplified-chinese-for-my-translation-2/ With so many schools and districts more than deserving of one of K12Translate’s Translation Grants, narrowing the choices down to three was quite a feat! We are truly thankful for all that applied to the program and wish we could have extended an award to each of you. It is ... http://www.k12translate.com/Blog/k12translate-awards-three-schoolsdistricts-through-their-inaugural-translation-grant-program/ All of us here at K12Translate and the viaLanguage family believe that ensuring language access through translation is really about building community. That’s what effective communication makes possible. I guess you could say we sort of have a community-minded focus just by virtue of the work we do. So, it ... http://www.k12translate.com/Blog/the-k12translate-family-gives-back/ I came across an interesting story right from K12Translate’s home state (and city!) of Portland, Oregon. As reported by KATU News, a local Latina activist by the name of Marta Guembes went undercover to investigate Portland Public Schools’ progress in communicating with non-English speaking parents. Just last year, PPS was required ... http://www.k12translate.com/Blog/perhaps-pps-can-be-a-lesson-to-all-school-districts/ We at K12Translate believe that bridging the language gap is key to improving and increasing parental involvement of your ESL/ELL students. To further this cause and support schools or districts pursuing similar initiatives, we are excited to announce our first annual K12 Translation Grant Program! This unique, in-kind donation ... http://www.k12translate.com/Blog/a-boost-to-help-build-the-home-school-connection/ With many states facing dramatic increases in their ELL populations, The Working Group on ELL Policy, a team of leading ELL researchers and policy experts, has published a report on how to best keep pace with the growing needs of English Language Learners. Focused on improving educational outcomes for ELLs, ... http://www.k12translate.com/Blog/improving-educational-outcomes-for-english-language-learners/ Childhood obesity is growing at an alarming rate, currently affecting one in three of the nation’s students. Unfortunately, this epidemic is disproportionately high among Hispanics, bumping the rate of obesity to nearly two out of three children in certain student populations. As reported by KVUE News Washington Bureau, First Lady ... http://www.k12translate.com/Blog/cultural-competence-is-critical-to-fighting-childhood-obesity/ A recent report published by the Pew Hispanic Center estimates the number of immigrant students to increase from 12.3 million in 2005 to 17.9 million in 2020, accounting for all the projected growth in the school-age population. With half of this population arriving from over 200 countries from around the ... http://www.k12translate.com/Blog/tips-to-stretch-your-district%e2%80%99s-translation-budget/ According to a 2009 publication by the Center for Health and Healthcare in Schools, it is estimated that children from immigrant and refugee families may constitute 30 percent of American students by 2015. Almost half of all foreign-born ELL students are from Mexico, while the other half are from over ... http://www.k12translate.com/Blog/bridging-more-than-just-the-language-gap-with-immigrant-and-refugee-students/ I’d like to extend a special thank you to all who participated in K12Translate’s recent Education Translation Trends Survey. We’ve tallied the results and I thought I’d share some of the highlights with our readers. Of course, you can download a free copy of the entire report here: Translation Trends ... http://www.k12translate.com/Blog/education-translation-trends/