¡No habla español!

[Gatorade]

Originally Posted by TLE2

The big question is where do you stop? Do you put English, Spanish, Arabic, Pashtu, Erdo, .....

I understand being a world citizen, and I wish Americans spoke more than one language. But the issue is for legal documents. Legally, there is no language of the United States.

Legal documents should be submitted and completed in English. No question. However translations of those documents should be made available but if the documents are obscure or archived the expense of translating should fall on the person requesting the document. However for public information and building with tourist value then there really no reason to not have languages available for many languages.

[sdmc530]

Originally Posted by Gatorade

If someone is new to the language or in a foreign country wanting to learn more about this great shining city on the hill then this won't make it easy for them to learn more. Alternate languages on signs were a huge help for me while visiting Europe. Can't see what the purpose would be aside from being a backward step.

I do see this point, we were in Quebec Canada on vacation a few years back mostly French speak there, glad everything was in English and French....but still would rather go a little tougher on this than softer.

[Lonestar grips.]

good. want to live here? learn the language or GTFO.