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FEMA fires group for nonsensical Alaska Native translations

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FEMA fired the California company hired to translate the documents once the errors became known. The incident was an ugly reminder for Alaska Natives of the suppression of their culture and languages from decades past. FEMA immediately took responsibility for the translation errors and corrected them. No one was denied aid because of the errors.

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Group fired for nonsensical Alaska Native translations

The incident was an ugly reminder for Alaska Natives of the suppression of their culture and languages

2 years ago·Indiana, United States

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ABC Australia

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'Your husband is a polar bear': US emergency agency fires group for nonsensical Alaska translations

After a rare typhoon damaged homes along Alaska's western coast, residents opened emergency response paperwork to find bizarre phrases passed off as Alaska Native languages.

2 years ago·Australia

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FEMA fires group for nonsensical Alaska Native translations

Alaska Natives who opened FEMA paperwork expecting to find instructions on filing for aid written in Alaska Native languages instead saw bizarre, nonsensical phrases.

2 years ago·Philadelphia, United States

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Group fired for nonsensical AK Native translation on aid instruction documents

A California company responsible for translating aid instructions in Alaska Native languages has been fired. Sentences were translated into nonsensical phrases.

2 years ago·New York, United States

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