http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/06/08_presidential.html
June 05, 2007 5:15 PM
ABC News' Tahman Bradley Reports: The Spanish-language television network Univision has invited all of the major Republican and Democratic presidential candidates to participate in two separate debates this fall, according to a Univision spokesman. The debates, which would both be held on the University of Miami campus, would be the first Spanish language presidential debates televised on Univision.
So far no candidates have replied to the network's invitation.
2007-06-06 19:10:34 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Absolutely not. Just as we shouldn't have bilingual anything. If you want to go to a country and live off it's services you should learn the language it does business in. Expecting the population to cater to you is utterly disrespectful.
2007-06-06 19:27:42 · answer #1 · answered by Karma 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I'm not sure I see the point of it. To me it makes more sense to have translators dub over the debates (in Spanish or other languages) and broadcast for specific audiences. The only problem I see with that is if the translators were not objective and did not accurately portray the content or tone of the debaters' responses.
2007-06-08 21:58:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God forbid the Latino community of this nation be informed when it comes to politics. I think the reason so many Republicans and conservatives are turned off by this is because minorities are famous for voting Democrat. So if they actually are informed instead of being kept in the dark they might be more inclined to vote. Pretty transparent of RLP to post this... since we're all aware of her feelings towards minorities anyway.
My question is how are they going to translate Bush into another language, since he can barely speak English?
2007-06-07 05:03:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Why no longer? i comprehend some criminal Hispanics that are interior the potential of gaining information of English yet have not precisely mastered the language yet. shouldn't they have the skill to comprehend the place the applicants stand on the themes?
2017-01-10 17:35:38 · answer #4 · answered by josephson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why two separate debates? Why not just interpret the English one? And questions many hispanics want asked could be interpreted into English ahead of time.
2007-06-06 19:17:07 · answer #5 · answered by Smart Kat 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes they should, if only to piss off all you xenophobic morons out there who scream bloody murder the instant anybody mentions bilingualism in the US.
Newsflash: The rest of the world is becoming bilingual, with fluency in both English and their native languages. If the US keeps listening to fools like you and resists encouraging its citizens to become bilingual, then we'll soon lose what remaining competitive advantage we have.
2007-06-06 20:39:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think it's a good idea. There are many American-born citizens in border towns who don't speak english because they have no reason to. Everyone there speaks spanish. It isn't fair to deny them a chance to educate themselves on the future of their government, when it is so easy to have subtitles translate the event.
2007-06-06 22:32:25 · answer #7 · answered by -M- 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
couldnt they just turn on the subtitles or have them dubbed? yeah, i dont really care about this - this to me doesnt contradict having English as the national language, which is imperative to our survival.
2007-06-06 19:17:24 · answer #8 · answered by kujigafy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No
or every language,dialect,sign language,etc.
2007-06-06 20:27:34 · answer #9 · answered by robert p 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. This is the USA. Learn English or go home.
2007-06-08 08:30:37 · answer #10 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋