Showing posts with label Ebonics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ebonics. Show all posts

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Ebonics Translators


 From: Black Voices-   The Associated Press is reporting that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is considering hiring translators to help agents understand the language of drug dealers. Apparently, the agents are having trouble interpreting the words and sentences being used by suspects during wiretaps. The agency reached out to some translation companies to find someone to help them with the problem. And, no, this is not a joke."They saw a need for this in a couple of their investigations," special agent Michael Sanders said. "And when you see a need -- it may not be needed now -- but we want the contractors to provide us with nine people just in case."