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Spanish-language Obamacare website is written in 'Spanglish'
Washington Times ^ | January 13, 2014 | Tom Howell, Jr.

Posted on 01/13/2014 1:05:35 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

"..............The AP says the translations on so poor that many users feel they were computer-generated. The name of the site, CuidadoDeSalud.gov, can be litterally read as “for the caution of health.”

One health navigator who works in Miami told the wire service that, if anything, the site is written in “Spanglish.”....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: aca; cuidadodesalud; huac; huaca; husseins; language; obamacare; obamafail; spanglish; spanish; spanishlanguage; unaffordablecareact; website; written
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Is this a rib?
1 posted on 01/13/2014 1:05:35 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Is this a rib?

Si.

2 posted on 01/13/2014 1:06:40 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Wrieto el signatero on el lineo.


3 posted on 01/13/2014 1:09:26 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Someone on Google Translate has the phrase in question “translating” into the neologism “healthcare”.


4 posted on 01/13/2014 1:10:42 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!; Daffynition; JoeProBono; GeronL

5 posted on 01/13/2014 1:10:51 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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¿Qué diferencia hace?
6 posted on 01/13/2014 1:11:05 PM PST by AU72
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To: COBOL2Java; cripplecreek

Makes el presidente look like el bozo.


7 posted on 01/13/2014 1:12:29 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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0bama and KS will probably have to spend another $600 million or whatever the # is now, to have a usable translation.


8 posted on 01/13/2014 1:13:30 PM PST by NEMDF
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If the translations were computer generated,
it reflects the character of our president to a T...

lazy


9 posted on 01/13/2014 1:13:44 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

There are an embarrassing number of spelling errors on the english site as well.


10 posted on 01/13/2014 1:14:13 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

OMG ARE THESE THE MOST INCOMPETANT BOOBS EVER????

“Idiocracy” is coming true right now. When you get sick you go to Saint God’s hospital and the counter-girl presses a mcdonalds-like menu of deseases


11 posted on 01/13/2014 1:15:19 PM PST by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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Is this a rib?

No, es un ribo, mio amiga

12 posted on 01/13/2014 1:15:30 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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13 posted on 01/13/2014 1:16:39 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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lol

Originally had pictures of Asians on it too


14 posted on 01/13/2014 1:18:52 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Revolting cat!

Still, I have no idea.

15 posted on 01/13/2014 1:21:19 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!

16 posted on 01/13/2014 1:22:17 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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For all their talk of diversity and how every document has to be available in Spanish,
they could not find someone literate in Spanish to do the translation.
They waste millions of dollars and still do it on the cheap.
They might as well have hired that South African sign language interpreter. Maybe they did.

17 posted on 01/13/2014 1:22:31 PM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2014/01/13/many-latinos-still-stymied-by-spanish-language-obamacare-website/


18 posted on 01/13/2014 1:24:06 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

19 posted on 01/13/2014 1:26:57 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Revolting cat!
Remember the weird names for coffee shops...


20 posted on 01/13/2014 1:27:03 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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