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Stephen Franke
Stephen Franke
United States
Local time: 10:29
English to Arabic
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Curious whether McDonald's [or perhaps the IOC] will pay for these bilingual "volunteers?" Jul 11, 2010

Greetings to all.

May one posit some curiosity whether McDonald's [or perhaps the IOC] will pay for the important interpreting [and related facilitating] services provided by such bilingual "volunteers?"

The news item make no mention of that aspect or of the liability, and bad press, associated with not providing LEP attendees of the 2012 Olympics with on-call interpreters.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke
English-Arabic, Persian,
and Kurdish [Ku... See more
Greetings to all.

May one posit some curiosity whether McDonald's [or perhaps the IOC] will pay for the important interpreting [and related facilitating] services provided by such bilingual "volunteers?"

The news item make no mention of that aspect or of the liability, and bad press, associated with not providing LEP attendees of the 2012 Olympics with on-call interpreters.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke
English-Arabic, Persian,
and Kurdish [Kurmanci dialect only]
San Pedro, California, USA ▲ Collapse
 
Barbara Baldi
Barbara Baldi  Identity Verified
Local time: 19:29
English to Italian
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They should not even mention the word "volunteer" Jul 12, 2010

they should just pay people end of story.
 


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