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The Truth about Bilingual Interpretation: Guest Post by Steve Yalowitz

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Steve is a Principal at Audience Viewpoints Consulting, has a Ph.D. He is fluent in Spanish (for a non-native speaker) and one of his main areas of study is bilingual interpretation in out-of-school environments. Bilingualism in the U.S. is a controversial topic, and the same is true in museums.

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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

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Other institutions are idiosyncratic in their relationship to their environment, like the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, or to their community, like the Wing Luke Asian Museum. These institutions have three additional reasons for homogeneity: The audience cycles frequently as families "age out."

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