California county to bridge language gap.ALAMEDA Alameda (ăləmē`də, –mā`də), city (1990 pop. 76,459), Alameda co., W central Calif., on an island just off the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; settled 1850, inc. as a city 1884. , Calif. -- With its ethnically diverse population and a plethora plethora /pleth·o·ra/ (pleth´ah-rah) 1. an excess of blood. 2. by extension, a red florid complexion.pletho´ric pleth·o·ra n. 1. of different spoken languages, one might think those in need of health or human services who do not speak English 1. English - (Obsolete) The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler. The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a program written in his favourite programming language is in the East Bay might be at a grave disadvantage. But Alameda County officials are working to make sure that is not so, even if you speak a less common language, like Pashto or Ilocano. That's why the county is expecting soon to enter into a three-year, $907,000 contract with Portland, Ore.-based Telelanguage Inc. The company, in partnership with American Telesource Inc. of Emeryville, will provide over-the-phone translation services for 150 languages. In a matter of seconds, county employees can get a Telelanguage operator on the line to translate the needed language. The county currently has a similar service with Monterey-based Language Line, the same operator used by Contra Costa Contra Costa can refer to:
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