#anyway (2) as someone indebted to the americans with disabilities act i also feel compelled to uphold this kind of law | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

rubberbandballqueen · 2 years

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i like how legally, since the united states has no official language, government offices must be able to provide translations of all legal documents into any language, and yet i am the only government employee in this office who speaks any modicum of chinese in the heavily chinese immigrant city

#i think we should have more forms translated but i am not a legal licensed translator so /shrug #what i WILL do against my better judgement is go home and have my mom help me translate the forms frequently used #even tho i will Not be getting paid for that because i have a goddamn bleeding heart and if i don't the Christian Guilt of not being #able to serve my community to the best of my abilities will eat me alive #how!! can i not!!!! empathize!!!!! with the parents coming in with the most MINIMAL english skills or a friend or child to translate!!!!!#when that is a situation SO MANY of my friends were in growing up!!!!!!#i asked my supervisor to request translations into chinese n spanish (should've probs also asked for viet) n she said she'll look into it #since we are city workers they are legal documents and so she said it would have to be a department-wide thing #and also bc they are legal documents they would have to be translated Officially which makes sense #anyway i know i have a couple coworkers who speak spanish n so that's covered at least #anyway (2) as someone indebted to the americans with disabilities act i also feel compelled to uphold this kind of law #to the best of my abilities as well bc like. the government has a duty to its people!!!!!!!!!#every day the mindset tumblr taught me growing up to be compassionate towards others n help whenever possible bc that is what is kind #every day that shit compels my heart to bleed. i hope i get a decent raise and become unfireable for this it's not worth $15.45/hr #the worm speaks

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