{"id":50,"date":"2018-08-22T08:57:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T08:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vendor.hub.wp.nau.edu\/eao\/lep-policy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T17:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:51:41","slug":"lep-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/eao\/lep-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Policy<\/h1>\n<p>It is the policy of Northern Arizona University, to the extent required by law,\u00a0to ensure that our programs and activities, normally provided in English, are accessible to Limited English Proficiency (LEP) persons and thus do not violate the Title VI prohibition against discrimination on the basis of national origin. Consistent with the law, upon request, the university will\u00a0provide appropriate alternative non-English formats for persons with limited proficiency in English.<\/p>\n<p>Requests for alternative language format should be made to the Equity and Access Office, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 4083, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4083, <a href=\"tel:9285233312\">(928) 523-3312<\/a>, Old Main, Room 113 or <a href=\"mailto:equityandaccess@nau.edu\">equityandaccess@nau.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Any LEP person who believes they have been denied meaningful access under this policy may <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/eao\/equity-and-access\/make-a-complaint\/\">file a complaint online<\/a> or in writing, with the Associate Vice President, Equity and Access Office, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 4083, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4083, <a href=\"tel:9285233312\">(928) 523-3312<\/a>, Old Main, Room 113 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:equityandaccess@nau.edu\">equityandaccess@nau.edu<\/a>. The following information must be provided in the complaint:\u00a0name; address; best phone number for contact of the complainant; a general description of the person(s) or class of persons injured by the alleged failure; and a description of alleged failure.<\/p>\n<p>Retaliation of any kind against a person who has made a complaint, and\/or assisted in any way with the investigation of the complaint is prohibited.<\/p>\n<h3>Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Resources<\/h3>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"\u201cI Speak\u201d Cards_0\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>\u201cI Speak\u201d Cards <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p><a title='Download \"I Speak Cards,\"' href=\"https:\/\/www.lep.gov\/translation#toc-language-identification-and-i-speak-cards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download &ldquo;I Speak&rdquo; Cards,<\/a> available in 38 languages to assist LEP individuals to identify the language they speak.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Online Translation Tools_0\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Online Translation Tools <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p>These translation tools should be used only as a quick first step in translating simple sentences, words, and concepts. They should not be the only means of providing assistance and, if utilized, should be reviewed and corrected by a speaker of the target language. Most of these are free, but watch for fee-based extra services.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Free Translation and Professional Translation Services from SDL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rws.com\/translation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Translation and Professional Translation Services from RWS<\/a>&nbsp;&ndash; Translation available between English and 42 other languages including: Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish&nbsp;and Chinese.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Free Online Translation Service\" href=\"http:\/\/translation2.paralink.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Online Translation Service<\/a>&nbsp;&ndash; Translation available between English and: French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, and Korean. This site also offers a text to speech option.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/translate-text-into-a-different-language-287380e4-a56c-48a1-9977-f2dca89ce93f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft 365 Translation Tools<\/a> &ndash; Translate text directly within Microsoft applications to over 100 languages.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Babel Fish Text Translation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.babelfish.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Babel Fish Text Translation<\/a>&nbsp;&ndash; Translation available between English and: Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"WorldLingo Translator\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldlingo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WorldLingo Translator<\/a>&nbsp;&ndash; Translation available between English and 32 other languages. This site can also translate text, documents, websites, and emails up to 500 words for free.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signingsavvy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Signing Savvy<\/a> &ndash; Signing Savvy is a sign language dictionary containing several thousand high resolution videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs used within the United States and Canada.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.translation-services-usa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Translation Services USA<\/a> &ndash; Provides a number of translation services in over 100 languages.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Word2Word\" href=\"http:\/\/word2word.com\/free.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Word2Word<\/a>&nbsp;&ndash; Directory of translation services.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"imTranslator\" href=\"http:\/\/imtranslator.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">imTranslator<\/a> &ndash; Translation of text in 60 different languages.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Google Translate\" href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Translate<\/a> &ndash; Text or document translation in 80 different languages.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Babylon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.babylon-software.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Babylon<\/a> &ndash; Translation of text in 30 different languages.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.handspeak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Handspeak<\/a> &ndash; Provides online videos of American sign language words.<\/li><\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Fee Based Interpreting Services_0\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Fee Based Interpreting Services <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/accentonlanguages.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accent on Languages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ad-astrainc.com\/services\/interpretation-services?utm_term=sign%20language%20interpreting%20services&amp;utm_campaign=AdAstra_US_Google_Search_Action_OPI&amp;utm_source=adwords&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;hsa_acc=5646898158&amp;hsa_cam=22803804664&amp;hsa_grp=183575270858&amp;hsa_ad=764202693265&amp;hsa_src=g&amp;hsa_tgt=kwd-298956863755&amp;hsa_kw=sign%20language%20interpreting%20services&amp;hsa_mt=b&amp;hsa_net=adwords&amp;hsa_ver=3&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22803804664&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9sK497PgkAMVCTNECB1DER_dEAAYAiAAEgIvZPD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ad Astra, Inc.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azlanguagesolutions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AZ Language Solutions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brombergtranslations.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bromberg Translations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"AT&amp;T Traveler Support\" href=\"https:\/\/www.att.com\/help\/international.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinguaLinx<\/a> language solutions<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/propio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Propio<\/a> Language Services<\/li>\n<li>Purple &ndash; ASL interpreters online with an iPhone\/iPad app available.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Language Line Solutions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.languageline.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Language Line Solutions<\/a> &ndash; ASL interpreters over the phone, on demand video remote, and on-site interpretation, and document, website, and multimedia translation in over 200 languages.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interpreters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interpreters Unlimited, Inc.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tintranslation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Translation and Interpretation Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transperfect.com\/?utm_campaign=US_BRA_Corporate_Pure&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_network=paid_search&amp;utm_adgroup=&amp;utm_keyword=&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22894473786&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMI95Kjlb3gkAMV4y1ECB3kyiECEAAYASAAEgJoGfD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TransPerfect<\/a> &ndash; professional translation and localization services<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/worldwideinterpreters.com\/languages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WorldWide Interpreters<\/a> &ndash; phone and video interpretation in 225+ languages and ASL<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/viqsolutions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VIQ Solutions<\/a> &ndash; speech to text transcription services for a variety of industries<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/deafservicesunlimited.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deaf Services Unlimited<\/a> &ndash; Deaf Services Unlimited gives you easy access to American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting and captioning services.<\/li><\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Multi-lingual Glossaries_0\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Multi-lingual Glossaries <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Spanish Language Style Guide and Glossaries\" href=\"https:\/\/digital.gov\/resources\/bilingual-glossaries-dictionaries-style-guides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish Language Style Guide and Glossaries<\/a>&nbsp;&ndash; a resource on language use and terminology for Web managers dealing with websites in Spanish and\/or Spanish language contractors.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"UNESCO\" href=\"https:\/\/vocabularies.unesco.org\/browser\/thesaurus\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNESCO<\/a> &ndash; Thesaurus &ndash; a resource for terminology in a number of fields including education, refugee work, and science. <\/li><\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact the Equity and Access Office at <a href=\"tel:9285233312\">(928) 523-3312 <\/a>or <a href=\"mailto:equityandaccess@nau.edu\">equityandaccess@nau.edu<\/a> for additional resources or contact information for bilingual staff and faculty who have volunteered to assist with interpreting.<\/p>\n<p><!--script class=\"ektron-script\"&gt; if ($(\".catalog_script_placeholder\")[0]) { var scriptsLoaded = 0; $.getScript( \"\/\/catalog.nau.edu\/Catalog\/resources\/js\/jquery.catalogFrames.js\").done(function() { $.getScript( \"\/\/catalog.nau.edu\/Catalog\/resources\/js\/easyXDM.min.js\").done(function() { var placeholder = $(\".catalog_script_placeholder\"); 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