{"id":30444,"date":"2023-01-11T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T05:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=30444"},"modified":"2023-01-11T11:13:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T16:13:39","slug":"native-america-calling-when-language-translations-go-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/01\/11\/native-america-calling-when-language-translations-go-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: When language translations go wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, January 11, 2023<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">When language translations go wrong<\/div>\r\nThe federal government issued translations on official documents to help Alaska Natives following destructive storms there. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe trouble is, the text is indecipherable for those it was intended to help. An investigative report found the I\u00f1upiaq and Yup\u2019ik translations from FEMA are essentially unreadable for those familiar with the languages. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOne appears to be at least partly taken from a World War Two-era publication in the Soviet Union. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/01\/11\/native-america-calling-when-language-translations-go-wrong\/femayupik\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30447\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1760\" height=\"1360\" data-attachment-id=\"30447\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/01\/11\/native-america-calling-when-language-translations-go-wrong\/femayupik\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11\/FEMAYupik.png\" data-orig-size=\"1760,1360\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"FEMA\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;FEMA&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A FEMA brochure in..Yupi&amp;#8217;k? Screenshot by &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.kyuk.org\/alaska-state-news\/2023-01-07\/lost-in-translation-fema-sent-unintelligible-disaster-relief-application-information-to-alaska-natives-impacted-by-typhoon-merbok&gt;KYUK&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11\/FEMAYupik-1024x791.png\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/11\/FEMAYupik.png\" alt=\"FEMA\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-30447\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">A FEMA brochure in..Yupi&#8217;k? Screenshot taken by <a href=https:\/\/www.kyuk.org\/alaska-state-news\/2023-01-07\/lost-in-translation-fema-sent-unintelligible-disaster-relief-application-information-to-alaska-natives-impacted-by-typhoon-merbok>KYUK<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n Today on Native America Calling, we\u2019ll check in with:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/tack-71.com\/about\/\">Tara Sweeney<\/a> (Inupiaq), Principal and CEO of Tack 71 Strategies and former Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of Interior\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyuk.org\/people\/julia-jimmie\">Julia Jimmie<\/a> (Yup\u2019ik), translator and Yup\u2019ik language programming producer\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyuk.org\/people\/sam-berlin\">Sam Berlin<\/a> (Yup\u2019ik), translator and KYUK talk show host\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gary-holton-4b684534\">Gary Houlton<\/a>, linguist\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmilySchwing\">Emily Schwing<\/a>, freelance reporter based in Alaska.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The federal government issued translations on official documents to help Native people following destructive storms in Alaska. 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