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Translation site here:

https://www.portland.gov/transportation/walking-biking-transit-safety/play-loteria-go

"Lotería is a traditional Mexican game, similar to bingo, but using images on a deck of cards instead of balls with numbers. Lotería Go is a super-sized version of this that gets you outside and walking to neighborhood parks.

Can you find the Lotería cards we've hidden in the streets?"

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[–] Hello_there@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

.... what's the issue?
It's already translated in English. Half of it is English and half Spanish.
Are you upset that the Spanish comes first? Are you upset that you're seeing Spanish at all?
90% of the communications this agency puts out are probably English only - don't get annoyed at the one time they put another language first.
Especially when talking about an event centered around loteria, a traditional game that probably only Spanish speakers have heard about

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I find it interesting that they spent a bunch of money to send a flyer to every household in Portland when current estimates are only 9% of the population speaks Spanish and only 1/3rd of that is less than fluent in English.

[–] Hello_there@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At the top left it says jueva loteria go. Directly below that is the translation: play loteria go. You are not being excluded.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never said I was excluded, I would like to know how much money they spent sending a Spanish language flyer to a city that is only 9% Spanish speaking.

[–] Hello_there@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

But it's in English. So they sent it to the English speaking majority.
Again, what's the issue?

[–] NateSwift 5 points 1 year ago

There’s a translation next to every single spanish but of text? It’s a bilingual flyer not really spanish?

[–] willow@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

"to Postal Customer" mailers can be sent to specific ZIP Codes so it may not have gone to, for example, 97239.