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The Translator Kids
If family members don’t know English, how do you keep them safe and informed in a pandemic?
Christopher Cheung reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung. SHARES Mimi Nguyen grew up translating for her parents, who came to Vancouver as refugees. With the help of her sister and a dictionary, she took on the responsibility in her preteens.
Photo by Christopher Cheung.
It was Mimi Nguyen’s older sister Kim who first modelled the expectation that the children of newcomers should step in as the family’s translators.
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