butterbean
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 Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:13 am Post subject: Spanish documents cost cities thousands |
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MARIETTA - The influx of Hispanic immigrants into Cobb has sparked debate over everything from illegal immigration to translation of several public safety and code enforcement documents into Spanish.
Cobb and its cities each have addressed document translation differently, with Smyrna and Marietta leading the pack in taxpayer money set aside to help the growing Hispanic population understand common municipal rules and procedures.
Traffic tickets in Marietta, for example, are printed in English and Spanish, and Cobb has spent about $15,600 in the past two years translating and printing public safety and homeland security pamphlets.
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http://www.mdjonline.com/articles/2007/02/25/268/10249063.txt |
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