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Police Translator · Scott & Ally on Demand

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  SPEAKER_01: There's a new tool coming for police departments, and it it makes a lot of sense when you think about it.
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  SPEAKER_03: Something that our tax dollars are paying for?
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  SPEAKER_01: I would imagine so.
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  SPEAKER_01: At least this is happening in uh, let's see, a police department in Washington State.
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  SPEAKER_01: I could see this really taking off at a lot of police departments though.
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  SPEAKER_01: So, what other language besides English do you speak?
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  SPEAKER_03: Pig Latin.
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  SPEAKER_01: You're really proof at this point.
• 0:29
  SPEAKER_01: You are.
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  SPEAKER_01: You're doing great.
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  SPEAKER_03: Took four years of French, can't remember a dang thing except for uh Je t'em Fromage.
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  SPEAKER_03: I love cheese.
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  unknown: Perfect.
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  SPEAKER_01: So if you happen to pull over someone, say from Montreal that was speeding on 86, you would literally be able to say, I love cheese to them, and they'd be like, Me too.
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  SPEAKER_01: We know they would say we wee.
• 0:51
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, yes.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay, so language barriers can be a problem because not everyone, and I know certain jobs require bilingual, but not everybody does it.
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  SPEAKER_01: I I don't speak, I really don't speak another language.
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  SPEAKER_03: Oh yes.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um I didn't think either one of us did.
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  SPEAKER_03: Sign language, I can do a little sign language, actually.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay, but that that's actually somewhat helpful.
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  SPEAKER_01: But there are police departments that, well, you're going to get involved with uh, you know, it could be as simple as a pulling over for going too fast of someone that doesn't speak the language, there's a barrier there, and you have to deal with it.
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  SPEAKER_01: So they now have new tech that will help officers communicate across language barriers.
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  SPEAKER_01: Here you go.
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  SPEAKER_02: Language set to Spanish.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hello, I'm Officer Vanderhoek with the Renton Police.
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  SPEAKER_00: How can I help you?
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  SPEAKER_02: Oh my god.
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  SPEAKER_01: I want to report my car is stolen.
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  SPEAKER_01: How quick was that?
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  SPEAKER_01: Now that's awesome.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's quick.
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  SPEAKER_03: Do you think up to this point that somebody, let's say somebody is of Indian descent, Middle Eastern, right?
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  SPEAKER_03: Sure.
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  SPEAKER_03: Do you think or they could be Chinese, they could be whatever.
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  SPEAKER_03: Pick any language, Ukrainian, doesn't matter.
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  SPEAKER_03: Do you think that they fake not knowing the English language to get out of tickets?
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  SPEAKER_01: Maybe.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh-huh.
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  SPEAKER_01: But but then there are parts of the country where we have had a bigger influx of immigrants.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: And they may not uh, you know, really know the the I mean they might know a couple words.
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  SPEAKER_01: We all know a couple words.
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  SPEAKER_01: We all know the dirty words.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Or how to get to a bathroom.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Usually.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh maybe, you know.
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  SPEAKER_01: I mean, it's uh it's tough.
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  SPEAKER_03: But I don't I can't remember the French word for speeding.
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  SPEAKER_01: I couldn't either.
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  SPEAKER_03: I mean, I can look it up.
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  SPEAKER_01: I can tell you the German word for diarrhea, but that's all I can do for that.
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  SPEAKER_03: Dump inducer?
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  SPEAKER_03: I don't know.
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  SPEAKER_03: I just made that up.
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  SPEAKER_01: Dump inducer's awesome.
• 2:56
  SPEAKER_01: No, it's it's dirk fallen.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_01: Oh yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
• 2:59
  SPEAKER_01: Like dump inducer way better.