{"id":358,"date":"2025-08-29T20:53:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T20:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fixmultnomah.com\/?page_id=358"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:08:59","slug":"translating-the-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?page_id=358","title":{"rendered":"Translating the News"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"358\" class=\"elementor elementor-358\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-826784f e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"826784f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea2554 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ea2554\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37debdd elementor-widget__width-initial aux-appear-watch-animation aux-fade-in-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_modern_heading\" data-id=\"37debdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aux_modern_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aux-widget-modern-heading\">\n            <div class=\"aux-widget-inner\"><h2 class=\"aux-modern-heading-primary\">Translating the News<\/h2><div class=\"aux-modern-heading-divider\"><\/div><div class=\"aux-modern-heading-description\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Too often news outlets only reflect press statements issued by local governments, missing essential context, background, and information. Here, I translate the headlines, providing critical context, correct the record when needed, and fill in the gaps.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n        <\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd73d22 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cd73d22\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-564f019 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"564f019\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7287a71 aux-appear-watch-animation aux-fade-in-up elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_recent_posts\" data-id=\"7287a71\" 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width=\"636\" height=\"356\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\"aux-attachment aux-featured-image attachment-636.66666666667x356.53333333333 aux-attachment-id-588  aux-preload aux-blank\" alt=\"Whistleblower suit alleges Multnomah County\" data-ratio=\"1.79\" data-original-w=\"1920\" sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Whistleblower-suit-alleges-Multnomah-County-150x84.png 150w,https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Whistleblower-suit-alleges-Multnomah-County-300x168.png 300w,https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Whistleblower-suit-alleges-Multnomah-County-768x430.png 768w,https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Whistleblower-suit-alleges-Multnomah-County-1024x573.png 1024w,https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Whistleblower-suit-alleges-Multnomah-County-637x357.png 637w,https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Whistleblower-suit-alleges-Multnomah-County-1910x1069.png 1910w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Whistleblower-suit-alleges-Multnomah-County-637x357.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n                            \n                            <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                                                                                        \n                                <div class=\"entry-info\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"entry-date\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=110\">\n                                            <time datetime=\"2025-07-17T13:18:00+00:00\" title=\"2025-07-17T13:18:00+00:00\" >July 17, 2025<\/time>\n                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                    <span class=\"entry-meta-sep meta-sep\">by<\/span>\n                                    <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?author=2\" rel=\"author\" title=\"View all posts by Sharon Meieran\" >\n                                            Sharon Meieran                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/span>\n                                                                                                                                                                        <\/div>\n                            \n                                <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                                \n                                    <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=110\">\n                                            Oregonian Headline: Whistleblower suit alleges Multnomah County\u2019s mental health system turned into &#8220;the wild\u00a0west&#8221;                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/h4>\n                                                                    <div class=\"entry-format\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=110\">\n                                            <div class=\"post-format format-\"> <\/div>\n                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                                                                            <p>This whistleblower action should include the leaders in charge of perpetuating Multnomah County\u2019s failed mental health system.A year and a half ago, a<\/p><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>                                <\/div>\n                                                                                        <footer class=\"entry-meta aux-after-content\">\n                                                                        <div class=\"readmore\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=110\" class=\"aux-read-more\"><span class=\"aux-read-more-text\">Read More<\/span><\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                        <div class=\"comments-iconic\">\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                                    <\/footer>\n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                        <\/article>\n<\/div><div class=\"aux-col post-109\">\n                        <article class=\"post column-entry post-109 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all-blogs category-translating-the-news\">\n                                                        <div class=\"entry-media\"><div class=\"aux-media-frame aux-media-image aux-image-mask\"><a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=109\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"356\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\"aux-attachment aux-featured-image attachment-636.66666666667x356.53333333333 aux-attachment-id-596  aux-preload aux-blank\" alt=\"Officials now have a much better idea of how many homeless\" data-ratio=\"1.79\" data-original-w=\"1920\" sizes=\"auto\" 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data-src=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Officials-now-have-a-much-better-idea-of-how-many-homeless-637x357.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n                            \n                            <div class=\"entry-main\">\n                                                                                        \n                                <div class=\"entry-info\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"entry-date\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=109\">\n                                            <time datetime=\"2025-05-03T13:20:00+00:00\" title=\"2025-05-03T13:20:00+00:00\" >May 3, 2025<\/time>\n                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                    <span class=\"entry-meta-sep meta-sep\">by<\/span>\n                                    <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?author=2\" rel=\"author\" title=\"View all posts by Sharon Meieran\" >\n                                            Sharon Meieran                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/span>\n                                                                                                                                                                        <\/div>\n                            \n                                <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                                \n                                    <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=109\">\n                                            Oregonian headline: Officials now have a much better idea of how many homeless people live in Multnomah County. It\u2019s a lot                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/h4>\n                                                                    <div class=\"entry-format\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=109\">\n                                            <div class=\"post-format format-\"> <\/div>\n                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                                                                            <p>Translation:\u00a0Officials finally learn how to de-duplicate names in their database and realize they still have no idea how many homeless people live in <\/p><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>                                <\/div>\n                                                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datetime=\"2025-03-25T12:21:00+00:00\" title=\"2025-03-25T12:21:00+00:00\" >March 25, 2025<\/time>\n                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                    <span class=\"entry-meta-sep meta-sep\">by<\/span>\n                                    <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?author=2\" rel=\"author\" title=\"View all posts by Sharon Meieran\" >\n                                            Sharon Meieran                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/span>\n                                                                                                                                                                        <\/div>\n                            \n                                <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                                \n                                    <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=102\">\n                                            Oregonian Headline: Multnomah County officials defend homelessness spending, despite now facing $70 million\u00a0shortfall                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/h4>\n                                                                    <div class=\"entry-format\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=102\">\n                                            <div class=\"post-format format-\"> <\/div>\n                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                                                                            <p>Translation:\u00a0Multnomah County officials awkwardly and ineffectively try to defend their indefensible massive budget shortfallLink to\u00a0original Oregonia<\/p><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>                                <\/div>\n                                                                                        <footer class=\"entry-meta aux-after-content\">\n                                                                        <div class=\"readmore\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=102\" class=\"aux-read-more\"><span class=\"aux-read-more-text\">Read More<\/span><\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                        <div class=\"comments-iconic\">\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                                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                             <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?author=2\" rel=\"author\" title=\"View all posts by Sharon Meieran\" >\n                                            Sharon Meieran                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/span>\n                                                                                                                                                                        <\/div>\n                            \n                                <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                                \n                                    <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=101\">\n                                            WWeek headline: \u201cMultnomah County Reaches Agreement With Ambulance\u00a0Provider\u201d                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/h4>\n                                                                    <div class=\"entry-format\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=101\">\n                                            <div class=\"post-format format-\"> <\/div>\n                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/header>\n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                                                                            <p>Translation: Multnomah County Chair Reaches Agreement With Ambulance Provider\u00a0after unnecessarily delaying for 18 months, putting untold numbers of li<\/p><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>                                <\/div>\n                                                                                        <footer class=\"entry-meta aux-after-content\">\n                                                                        <div class=\"readmore\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=101\" class=\"aux-read-more\"><span class=\"aux-read-more-text\">Read More<\/span><\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                        <div class=\"comments-iconic\">\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                                    <\/footer>\n                            \n                            <\/div>\n\n                        <\/article>\n<\/div><div class=\"aux-col post-103\">\n                        <article class=\"post column-entry post-103 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all-blogs category-translating-the-news\">\n                                    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                                               \n                                <div class=\"entry-info\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"entry-date\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=103\">\n                                            <time datetime=\"2025-07-16T12:20:00+00:00\" title=\"2025-07-16T12:20:00+00:00\" >July 16, 2025<\/time>\n                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                    <span class=\"entry-meta-sep meta-sep\">by<\/span>\n                                    <span class=\"author vcard\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?author=2\" rel=\"author\" title=\"View all posts by Sharon Meieran\" >\n                                            Sharon Meieran                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/span>\n                                                                                                                                                                        <\/div>\n                            \n                                <header class=\"entry-header\">\n                                \n                                    <h4 class=\"entry-title\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=103\">\n                                            Oregonian Headline: \u201cCounty to pay marketing firm $238K to collect feedback on Preschool for All\u201d                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/h4>\n                                                                    <div class=\"entry-format\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/p3.alidigitalmedia.com\/?p=103\">\n                                  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