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3. Which of the following practices generally apply to the translations of written materials provided byyour agency to its clients?MARK ALL THAT APPLY~ Specific training and/or demonstrated ability to write professionally in the language of interest isrequired~ Specific training and/or demonstrated ability to write to the reading and comprehension level of theaudience in the language of interest is required~ Don’t know~ None of the above4. Which of the following entities provide review and/or approval of translated materials and productsavailable to your clients?MARK ALL THAT APPLY~ State Health Department~ Local board of health or other governing body~ An agency internal working group or body~ An external group (e.g. community members, community-based organizations)~ Client focus groups~ Other, please specify _______________________________________~ Don’t know~ None of the above5. Does your agency set and monitor targets or threshold levels for which vital documents and otherwritten materials are translated to meet the language needs of your clients?~ Yes ! go to 5a~ No ! go to 6~ Don’t know ! go to 65a. What percentage or number of clients who speak a language other than English is used as thetarget or minimum threshold for translating materials into that language?Percentage ___________Number ___________~ No minimum threshold~ Don’t knowCOSMOS Corporation, December 2003 8