bmwgardner

What great ideas you all have given me. Thank you so much for your replies. I have gotten some great ideas and a good start on the issue. I did find a program that translates documents from English to Spanish that is great. It actually translates in slang for many mexican natives. It is quite expensive so I am only downloading the most crucial documents while I have the trail version. AFter that, I will have to pursue some of your awesome suggestions. Just an FYI: the software is called Word Magic Translator and it can be found online. It is about $400 for the version that translates

We have found ourselves with a huge Hispanic youth whose parents do not speak or read English. We need to find a method of communication with them as we have no leaders who speak spanish and are unable to recruit any. I have looked at translation programs online but find they do a modest job at best of translation. Even though many parents speak some english they cannot read out materials. I desperately need help. Our council does not have a ScoutReach person as of yet. We lose these boys quite a bit because of this issue and we need to retain them. Any thoughts or ideas, please?