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The Truth about Bilingual Interpretation: Guest Post by Steve Yalowitz

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in Applied Social Psychology and has evaluated and researched informal learning experiences in museums and other visitor institutions for over 20 years. If someone asked you whether museums should or need to have text in more than one language, what would you say? This guest post was written by Steve Yalowitz, one of its authors.

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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

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Funders like the NSF have encouraged science centers in particular to share their techniques and evaluations, which is fabulous but also leads to rampant and sometimes unthinking imitation. They may feature community gardens or exhibit labels in languages tailored to locals.

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