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Annauk Olin and her mother, Maggie Pollock, translated information about the COVID-19 vaccine and the Census into Iñupiaq.
The mother-and-daughter duo worked on a panel working to translate information into Iñupiaq for the Alaska Public Interest Research Group, or AKPIRG.
(Left to right) Annie Anaŋalutaq Conger, Richard Knownuk Atuk, Annauk Olin, Maggie Nuluqutaaq Pollock, Georgianne Oonak Merrill. (AKPRIG Panel for Iñupiaq translation) Photo by: Annauk Olin
Olin says they had to add some things along the way.
“When we worked on Census material, there were words that we had to create, because it didn t necessarily apply to our everyday life and culture.