JOY Drive

23 Oct 2023

LGBTQIA+ goes worldwide as first multilingual language resource launches

Society & Culture, Uncategorized

Multicultural members and allies of the LGBTIQA+ community will have better support navigating conversations around sexual orientation and gender identity thanks to the creation of an online resource available in seven languages.  Created by RMIT University researchers in partnership with the Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council (AGMC), this pioneering multilingual terminology resource contains hundreds of LGBTIQA+ terms from English to Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Korean, Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese.

Guest:  Dr Miranda Lai, Project lead and RMIT Senior Lecturer in Translating and Interpreting.

Presenter:  Warren Andrew

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LGBTIQA+ Community, Personal Safety, Popular Culture, Society & Culture

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Health, Natural Sciences, Places & Travel, Science & Medicine

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Diet and Nutrition, Health, Science & Medicine

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