What in language actually means for accessibility compliance

In language is one of those phrases that sounds precise and turns out to hide a great deal of judgement.

Most government obligations require information to be available in the languages a community actually speaks. That is a floor, not a ceiling, and it says nothing about whether the words were adapted for the people reading them.

The gap between a literal translation and a culturally adapted one is where compliance quietly becomes communication. This piece walks the line between the two.