TY - JOUR
T1 - Hazardous weather communication en español
T2 - Challenges, current resources, and future practices
AU - Trujillo-Falcón, Joseph E.
AU - Bermúdez, Orlando
AU - Negrón-Hernández, Krizia
AU - Lipski, John
AU - Leitman, Elizabeth
AU - Berry, Kodi
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments. Funding was provided by NOAA/Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research under NOAA–University of Oklahoma Cooperative Agreement NA16OAR4320115, U.S. Department of Commerce. Special thanks to the trailblazers in the bilingual weather communication world that made this article possible, including but not limited to, the NWS SOT and MAS teams, the COMET English–Spanish Glossary of Meteorology editor, David Russi, and Dr. Lorena Medina Luna for hosting the first-ever AMS session on Spanish-language resources in 2019. Special appreciation goes to Joel Salazar, Irene Sans, and Dr. Aaron Piña for being vital, key players in chartering the AMS Committee for Hispanic and Latinx Advancement.
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© 2021 American Meteorological Society.
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - According to recent Census data, the Hispanic or Latino population represents nearly 1 in 5 Americans today, where 71.1% of these individuals speak Spanish at home. Despite increased efforts among the weather enterprise, establishing effective risk communication strategies for Spanish-speaking populations has been an uphill battle. No frameworks exist for translating weather information into the Spanish language, nor are there collective solutions that address this problem within the weather world. The objective of this article is threefold. First, the current translation issue in Spanish is highlighted. Through research conducted at the NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, situations are revealed where regional varieties of Spanish contributed to inconsistent risk messaging across the bilingual weather community. Second, existing resources are featured so that interested readers are aware of ongoing efforts to translate weather information into Spanish. Organizations within the weather service, like the NWS Multimedia Assistance in Spanish Team and the NWS Spanish Outreach Team, are highlighted for their pioneer work on Spanish weather communication. Last, a framework for translation standardization in the atmospheric sciences is introduced, along with future initiatives that are being sought by NWS and AMS to enhance Spanish hazardous weather communication.
AB - According to recent Census data, the Hispanic or Latino population represents nearly 1 in 5 Americans today, where 71.1% of these individuals speak Spanish at home. Despite increased efforts among the weather enterprise, establishing effective risk communication strategies for Spanish-speaking populations has been an uphill battle. No frameworks exist for translating weather information into the Spanish language, nor are there collective solutions that address this problem within the weather world. The objective of this article is threefold. First, the current translation issue in Spanish is highlighted. Through research conducted at the NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, situations are revealed where regional varieties of Spanish contributed to inconsistent risk messaging across the bilingual weather community. Second, existing resources are featured so that interested readers are aware of ongoing efforts to translate weather information into Spanish. Organizations within the weather service, like the NWS Multimedia Assistance in Spanish Team and the NWS Spanish Outreach Team, are highlighted for their pioneer work on Spanish weather communication. Last, a framework for translation standardization in the atmospheric sciences is introduced, along with future initiatives that are being sought by NWS and AMS to enhance Spanish hazardous weather communication.
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U2 - 10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0249.1
DO - 10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0249.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106220665
SN - 0003-0007
VL - 102
SP - E765-E773
JO - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
JF - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
IS - 4
ER -