[Rhodes22-list] "need help" thanks

[Peter Thorn]

Muy Bueno!

PT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saroj" <saroj at pathfind.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] "need help" thanks


> Your experience reflects what my son has found in his bar/restaurant
> business in AZ.... Although in addition to bilimgual managers, he, himself
> has become bilingual over the years.
>
> Saroj
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com>
> To: "stan" <stan at rhodes22.com>; "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 9:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] "need help" thanks
>
>
> > Stan,
> >
> > Having just returned from sailing around Long Island, I am just now
> getting
> > up to speed with e-mail.  I completely agree with those who suggest you
> need
> > much more than a translation program.
> >
> > 80% of our workers are Hispanic and most do not speak English well.
> > However, they fill our need for reliable, trainable and motivated
workers
> > and do most of the "real work" in my construction business.
> >
> > We've had great success using a bilingual foreman.  If you can locate
and
> > recruit a skilled tradesman with leadership qualities who also speaks
> > Spanish, I suspect he will seriously improve your quality of life at
work
> > and be worth whatever you must pay him.  Our foreman earns triple the
rate
> > of non-English speaking workers, but he is worth it.  The overall team
> > productivity is what matters most to me.
> >
> > Does the local community college have ESL (English as a Second Language)
> > Programs?  One of our workers attends such a program in Durham and has
> gone
> > from zero knowledge of English to level 5 (converses and understands
> easily)
> > in less than two years.  We encourage employees to attend ESL courses by
> > advancing the pay rate of those who speak it well (I want to keep them
> more)
> > and by allowing a flexible work schedule for employees to attend ESL
> > classes.  Perhaps you could recruit a foreman from the local ESL class?
> >
> > My experience with Hispanic workers is that they are worth the effort to
> > accommodate language problems because they are more reliable, family
> > oriented, and just plain happy to have a job.  If you can overcome the
> > language barriers I think you will be very happy with Hispanic workers.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > PT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "stan" <stan at rhodes22.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Cc: <s at rhodes22.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 7:42 AM
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] "need help" thanks
> >
> >
> > you can't say I did not know where to go for help with our translation
> > problem:
> >
> > Thanks to Michael, Eric, Doug Mistler, Doug Gardner (for being the most
> > positive), Fred, Mark (who knew I would love his revelation that the
> current
> > administration uses these programs for their foreign policy discussions.
> > However, in defense of the Korean translation, for the test input he
used
> > something I wrote which I had not written in English so no wonder it
came
> > out in Greek), Gil, Herb, Steve and all the others.
> >
> > The suggested free programs do not allow printing their results (on my
> > machine) - does this mean I have to buy a program or a computer or a
> > translator.  I interviewed one translator and she said she could not do
> > Greek, and that all the others were Greek to her.
> >
> > stan/gbi
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