The Minnesota Department of Human Services posted this revised translation on its Facebook page in February after Hmong community members complained that the first version was riddled with errors.

MINNEAPOLIS — It's a story that loses a lot in translation: Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in St. Paul, Minn., is working on a Hmong version of the Book of Common Prayer. This simple-sounding endeavor ...

One of the students in the Hers’ class, Bon Xiong, who works in sales of industrial systems, told me he’s tracked the improvement because he frequently writes a document in English, then runs it ...

On a recent Thursday, Chue Hang opened a small door to greet a classroom of toddlers at her new daycare. “Good morning!” she said. “Nyob zoo!” some responded in Hmong. Hang is the director of the ...

For millions of people on the wrong side of America's language gap, technology is creating barriers rather than removing them. Jennifer Xiong spent her summer helping Hmong people in California ...

ST. PAUL — Words like "peace" and "mercy" are vital to talking about Christianity. They're just two of many English words difficult to translate smoothly as an evolving Episcopal congregation tries to ...

If you find yourself in Jenny Yang’s third-grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary in southeast Fresno, you’ll hear students recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the mornings in the Hmong language. When ...

It’s presentation day in a fifth grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary School in Fresno, and some students are more shy than others. But 11-year-old Irene Her stands in front of the classroom, ...

If you find yourself in Jenny Yang’s third-grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary in southeast Fresno, you’ll hear students recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the mornings in the Hmong language. When ...

Words like “peace” and “mercy” are vital to talking about Christianity. They’re just two of many English words difficult to translate smoothly as an evolving Episcopal congregation tries to create a ...

ST. PAUL — Words like “peace” and “mercy” are vital to talking about Christianity. They’re just two of many English words difficult to translate smoothly as an evolving Episcopal congregation tries to ...