Cutting translation services for immigrants, did you see on last nights news the women who's lived in our...

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country for 22 years and doesn't speak english? i bet she can say benefits with no problem

mucho gracias marky, yo hablo espanol pero yo no vida in espana y yo habo thailandes muy bien tambien

I agree marky mark especialy with the fighting bit, they move to spain and want bingo, roast dinners, fish and chips and fights after the bars close, thats the brits 4u

Answer 1

The French Foreign Legion is not exactly renowned for high IQ's- but their recruits learn French in 6 months

22 years is a little excessive.

I met a nice Indian lady in Edinburgh. Been there 3 years and spoke perfect Gaelic- not to mention English (the nasty language of the invaders)
;-))

Answer 2

I met one Chinese women who was take in in this country 25 years ago and worked in the Chinese take away shop. The owner of the shop told that she owe money (lots of it) just to get here so the poor women had to work from 6 am till late 7 days per week just to cover up that money. She done that until her boss passed away and just after that she get out from the shop where she lived for 24 years. She doesn't speak English at all and now took courses. It is one odd out and I think it is has to a mandatory to pass a test in English to live here. At some parts when you go in to shop and ask for something you can see that the person by the till has no clue what are you talking about! It is hilarious but has to change. It is UK not a village in the heart of India by the end of the day

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DO you now how many brits are retired in spain but don;t speak any spanish?

I bet they know the spanish for beer, fight, pension.

The world is full of spongers who take no care - including white brits abroad.

EDIT Muy bien pero hay muchos personas de Inglatera en Espana que no pueden hablar espanal como tu

EDIT 2: Brits retiring abroad DO claim local pensions. They may well bring theri own money, but they also get benefits from the locals, set up little england, barely integrate and certianly show no desire to learn the local language. Not all, but many.

Answer 4

It might suit her husband that she can't speak English. He'd really have control over her.
On that same programme a Turkish woman was getting a translator to help her quit smoking. She couldn't speak much English but she did have enough to say that service was hers by right.
As Turkey isn't yet in the EEC I wonder if she even has the right to be here.

Answer 5

ok as for markys answer brits abroad are self supporting mainly retired and have there own cash, most countrys would not give benefits to immigrants but here in britain we do and its costing us billions a year to support spongers, do u know we pay over 7 million pounds a mouth in child benefit to immigrant parents whos children do even reside in the uk and because of our out dated stupid laws and european laws there nothing we can do

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they should totally remove translation services. its an outrageous waste of taxpayers money. theres a nursery school started near me for polish children. they only speak polish so the infants dont lose their ability to speak it. if they need to speak polish they should stay in poland.
marky. just because brits do the same thing in spain it does not make it acceptable. if you live in another country you should learn the language.

Answer 7

I think immigrants should be encouraged to integrate and learn the language, and as the BBC documentary which originally lifted the lid on this issue made clear, by providing translation services the British authorities often collude with patriarchal men who want to keep their wives at home and stop them fully integrating with British life.

However, this shouldn't be an excuse for racism and anti-immigration. Obviously, people in need of emergency medical aid should have translators if they need them.

As for Polish nurseries, if the parents are paying for them, why not? I agree that they shouldn't be funded by the taxpayer, but immigrants should be encouraged to retain facility in their ethnic language, as well as learning English - bilingualism is good for the individual intellectually and can provide economic benefits to the country. With Britain's p**s-poor record on teaching and learning foreign languages, we're increasingly reliant on those of immigrant descent in order to compete in the international market.

And marky's right, we need to get our own house in order. I lived in Eastern Europe in the 90s. I bothered to learn the local language and integrate, but most of my British and American colleagues didn't (some even had the gall to whinge that people in this "backward" country should "get their act together" and learn English to serve foreigners in shops and restaurants) - they just hung around in their own little clique in the Irish pub.

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yes I know what you mean,I was in the chemist last year paying out over £30 for medication for my sick wife, just for one weeks supply,I am a full time worker,infact have worked all my life,never been in a dol office,and some elderly person,I wont say what race,came in in for medication,not a word of English,could'nt even write English,put a x on the prescription,collected the medication and walked out,now you know why us Brits are fed up

Answer 9

Our council workers have a list of numbers for interpreters for when the residents don't speak English. It is a disgrace.

Marky ~ My brother emigrated to Holland. He now speaks Dutch, Fries and German. Not that he needs to, 99% speak English. How many speak Polish, world wide?

Answer 10

I read somewhere its costing tax payers millions a year to fund translators so I am happy to hear its being cut
All the forms you need are available in a variety of languages anyway