observer Posted January 14, 2015 Report Posted January 14, 2015 Seems taxpayers are forking out £100million per year in translation services. The biggest spender is the NHS paying out around £33million, with the Ministry of Justice spending £16million. The top language translated is Polish; but one Council has helped with 61 languages, including Fulani, Karen, Tagalog and Visayan. Quote
Dizzy Posted January 14, 2015 Report Posted January 14, 2015 I've never even heard of those last 4 languages. Quote
asperity Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 Fulani is spoken in Sierra Leone and Tagalog in the Philipines. The other two I can only guess at. Quote
Eagle Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 Karen is mainly spoken in Myanmar. Quote
Evil Sid Posted January 16, 2015 Report Posted January 16, 2015 not bad but the punchline loses a bit in translation. visayan is also one of the languages spoken in the phillipines Quote
asperity Posted January 16, 2015 Report Posted January 16, 2015 Who said that this forum wasn't educational? Quote
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