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I would recommend speaking with exhibit designers at the Ontario Science
Center - who often create exhibits in both English and French. I remember
being especially happy with how this was done when taking bilingual students
for visits. I also remember learning that quite a lot of thought and
research went into this very thing.

Amanda

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From: "Robert Mac West" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 2:11 PM
Subject: Bilingual graphics


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> Is there an institution  that does signage in multiple languages really
well?
> And by that I mean they  don't just have twice the signs - one in English,
> one in Spanish - they have  figured out ways to convey the info without
> bombarding people with  text?
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> Mac
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