Question reference: S5W-31972
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 23 September 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 October 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government in which languages it publishes its COVID-19 information, other than in English.
Answer
As part of our activity we have worked with public and third sector partners to understand language and accessibility requirements, and have worked collaboratively to translate and distribute key coronavirus information. This has included the following information:
1. Scottish Government has been leading the coordination of translations of NHS Inform coronavirus content with NHS Scotland and Public Health Scotland, which continues to be updated on a bi-weekly. Languages or formats are Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Urdu, BSL, Easy Read and audio.
2. Coronavirus public health information posters have been produced in multiple languages and formats. For example, Household Isolation posters were translated into Arabic, BSL, Audio MP3, Easy Read, Kurdish, Polish, Sorani, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Tigrinya and Vietnamese.
3. The Scottish Government Route Map Publications (Route Map, Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3) were translated into Audio, BSL, Easy Read, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Gaelic, and Polish.
4. The two National Door Drop Mailings (Covid-19 and Test and Protect) distributed by the Scottish Government have been made available in a variety of languages and accessible formats.
5. The FACTS poster was created in 38 additional languages and formats.
6. The Parent Club key coronavirus information for parents and carers was translated into the following additional languages and formats: Audio, BSL, Arabic, Bengali, Simplified Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish and Urdu.
7. The Protect Scotland App Explainer Video was created in BSL, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu.