❓ A WA parliamentary question sought information on non-English publications from agencies under the Minister for Environment and Heritage. The response details publications and website translation features across various departments.
AnsweredQoN 3850Legislative Assembly
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Can the Minister advise and list for the agencies for which you have responsibility all agency publications and information released in a language other than English and how said publications are made available?
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Answered
5 May 2015
Responded by
Minister for Environment; Heritage
Response time
41 days
Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority
Nil
Department of Environment Regulation
To date there has been no requirement for the Department to produce any publications in a language other than English. The Department's publications include a statement that the document is available in alternative formats or other languages on request. If such a request is received the publication will be referred to an accredited translator.
Department of Parks and Wildlife
-
www.parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au
and
www.dpaw.wa.gov.au
are both equipped with a translation feature allowing visitors to the websites to translate text into any one of 57 languages.
- Three national and marine park management plans for the Kimberley have sections translated into local Aboriginal languages and are available from the department's Kimberley regional and district offices.
- Koala interpretive panels at Yanchep National Park (Chinese).
- Signs in the Shark Bay World Heritage Area: translated to advise drivers to reduce tyre pressures when driving on sand (Chinese, French, German and Japanese).
- Whale Shark Code of Conduct poster: on-board tourism operator vessels in Ningaloo Marine Park (Chinese, French, Italian, Russian and Spanish).
- Monkey Mia/Shark Bay Marine Park brochure: available at Monkey Mia and from tourism operators (Chinese, French, German and Japanese).
- Yanchep National Park brochure: available at the national park and from tourism operators (Chinese)
- Purnululu National Park factsheet: available at the national park and from tourism operators (Chinese)
- Agreement between Danxiashan National Park and the Department of Parks and Wildlife: available from the Department's headquarters (Chinese)
- Agreement between the Institute of Botany/Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Department of Parks and Wildlife: available from the Department's headquarters (Chinese).
Office of the Environmental Protection Authority
Nil
Office of the Appeals Convenor
Nil
State Heritage Office
Nil
Swan River Trust
- Fishing for a Healthy River: This publication was translated into Vietnamese and Chinese in 2004 and was printed then distributed at the Swanfish event in 2004. It was then made available on-line at the Swan River Trust website under the Recreation section.
Zoological Parks Authority
- Chinese Tourism Brochure: available in hard copy at Perth Zoo and periodically through Chinese community newspapers (in WA).
- Student activity sheets: available for download from Perth Zoo website.
- Perth Zoo website uses Google Translate technology into any of 90 different languages.
Nil
Department of Environment Regulation
To date there has been no requirement for the Department to produce any publications in a language other than English. The Department's publications include a statement that the document is available in alternative formats or other languages on request. If such a request is received the publication will be referred to an accredited translator.
Department of Parks and Wildlife
-
www.parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au
and
www.dpaw.wa.gov.au
are both equipped with a translation feature allowing visitors to the websites to translate text into any one of 57 languages.
- Three national and marine park management plans for the Kimberley have sections translated into local Aboriginal languages and are available from the department's Kimberley regional and district offices.
- Koala interpretive panels at Yanchep National Park (Chinese).
- Signs in the Shark Bay World Heritage Area: translated to advise drivers to reduce tyre pressures when driving on sand (Chinese, French, German and Japanese).
- Whale Shark Code of Conduct poster: on-board tourism operator vessels in Ningaloo Marine Park (Chinese, French, Italian, Russian and Spanish).
- Monkey Mia/Shark Bay Marine Park brochure: available at Monkey Mia and from tourism operators (Chinese, French, German and Japanese).
- Yanchep National Park brochure: available at the national park and from tourism operators (Chinese)
- Purnululu National Park factsheet: available at the national park and from tourism operators (Chinese)
- Agreement between Danxiashan National Park and the Department of Parks and Wildlife: available from the Department's headquarters (Chinese)
- Agreement between the Institute of Botany/Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Department of Parks and Wildlife: available from the Department's headquarters (Chinese).
Office of the Environmental Protection Authority
Nil
Office of the Appeals Convenor
Nil
State Heritage Office
Nil
Swan River Trust
- Fishing for a Healthy River: This publication was translated into Vietnamese and Chinese in 2004 and was printed then distributed at the Swanfish event in 2004. It was then made available on-line at the Swan River Trust website under the Recreation section.
Zoological Parks Authority
- Chinese Tourism Brochure: available in hard copy at Perth Zoo and periodically through Chinese community newspapers (in WA).
- Student activity sheets: available for download from Perth Zoo website.
- Perth Zoo website uses Google Translate technology into any of 90 different languages.
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