Language Accessibility Quotes

Move beyond the educated elite, and the great majority in most countries outside Europe don't speak English.

Citizens of Canada of whom any child has received or is receiving primary or secondary school instruction in English or French in Canada, have the right to have all their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in the same language.

We significantly increased our global presence in 2014. During the year, we expanded the number of languages in which we serve customers to a total of 20.

The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.

There are so many people in the world who cannot read English or French or whatever.

English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.

Should people working in our country speak English? Yes, they should.

To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate in our melting pot, truly to become Americans. We mock that when the cherished right to vote does not involve English any more.

My publication, 'The Post,' has taken the initiative to translate many of my pieces and publish them in Arabic. For that, I am grateful. Arabs need to read in their own language so they can understand and discuss the various aspects and complications of democracy in the United States and the West.

I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people.

I don't know that hearing people have ever felt that experience of truly being left out. They have easy communication, while deaf people can't join in. It takes more time to communicate with us.

There is no question of the government or myself attaching less importance to the use of English.

I take pride in the fact that I was the first Hispanic artist to really crack the English market.

Speaking Spanish isn't a benefit in Hollywood.

Republicans cannot continue to oppose every Hispanic issue.

I want to be open to the kids who only speak Spanish, the kids who speak only Spanglish, and the kids who don't even speak Spanish at all.

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.

I don't believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn't have an accent. She grew up in New York speaking English, not Spanish. Her success is very important because she represents a different culture, but it doesn't help me.

My dream is that Participant is producing content in every language in every part of the world.

Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.

I am opposed to the idea of dubbing films into Kannada.

Movies that are subtitled don't usually do as well in American theatres.

There are many deaf people who couldn't imagine living in a marriage without someone who doesn't speak their language. For me, I believe that hearing or deaf is fine as long as both parties are willing to communicate in each other's language. But if there's no communication, then the marriage, I believe, will be difficult if not doomed.

In the GNOME project we tried to keep the platform language independent.

I started a company in 2005 for language services called Blue Elephant. We handle translation and interpretation services in over 120 languages.