Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 22, 2019 17:11:12 GMT 12
WORD LIMITS FOR MĀORI TRANSLATIONS ON CANDIDATE PROFILES LABELLED 'INSTITUTIONAL RACISM'
Election rules state profile statements in English and Māori must both only be 150 words long.
This failed to take into account that te reo had a word count approximately 30 percent longer when translated from English, Mr Crow said.
"To me that felt like there were some clear blind spots or possibly some institutional racism around the translation of te reo from English."....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/397234/word-limits-for-maori-translations-on-candidate-profiles-labelled-institutional-racism
Election rules state profile statements in English and Māori must both only be 150 words long.
This failed to take into account that te reo had a word count approximately 30 percent longer when translated from English, Mr Crow said.
"To me that felt like there were some clear blind spots or possibly some institutional racism around the translation of te reo from English."....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/397234/word-limits-for-maori-translations-on-candidate-profiles-labelled-institutional-racism