Thank you. There is a plan to bring all of the translators together in March. I think there are around 30 or so interpreter-translators in the territory whom the Legislative Assembly and Indigenous governments regularly use. We want to bring them together so we can start that work and find out, "Okay. What is it that you need? Is it technical training on new vocabulary that does not exist in the languages? How can we get more people involved? Do you know of anyone whom we could help ease into this profession?" I spoke with the staff here at the Legislative Assembly, as well, and said that we have a great resource here. We sit I do not know how many weeks a year, a million, and every time we sit, we have Indigenous translators. Is there a way that we can better work together to help train new entrants into the program or help maybe get people interested in translating? There is a lot of work going on in that sense, and that has really been spurred on by this House. There has been a lot of interest by the Members here who have really been pushing us to do that, and so I want to thank them. Perhaps the deputy minister can offer some more insight, as well.
R.J. Simpson on Committee Motion 75-19(2): Tabled Document 286-19(2): Main Estimates 2021-2022 - Finance - Deferral of Department (page 137), Carried
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Committee Motion 75-19(2): Tabled Document 286-19(2): Main Estimates 2021-2022 - Finance - Deferral of Department (page 137), Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 9th, 2021
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