MINNEAPOLIS — It's a story that loses a lot in translation: Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in St. Paul, Minn., is working on a Hmong version of the Book of Common Prayer. This simple-sounding endeavor ...
Ramstad: AI is English-centric, but it’s picking up Hmong quickly May Yang-Her and Dao Her, who run a St. Paul tech consulting firm, are tracking the rapid changes on the language of their Hmong ...
On a recent Thursday, Chue Hang opened a small door to greet a classroom of toddlers at her new daycare. “Good morning!” she said. “Nyob zoo!” some responded in Hmong. Hang is the director of the ...
ST. PAUL — Words like “peace” and “mercy” are vital to talking about Christianity. They’re just two of many English words difficult to translate smoothly as an evolving Episcopal congregation tries to ...
For millions of people on the wrong side of America's language gap, technology is creating barriers rather than removing them. Jennifer Xiong spent her summer helping Hmong people in California ...
If you find yourself in Jenny Yang’s third-grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary in southeast Fresno, you’ll hear students recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the mornings in the Hmong language. When ...
It’s presentation day in a fifth grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary School in Fresno, and some students are more shy than others. But 11-year-old Irene Her stands in front of the classroom, ...
If you find yourself in Jenny Yang’s third-grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary in southeast Fresno, you’ll hear students recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the mornings in the Hmong language. When ...