Language Access

Hōʻano hou ʻia: Malaki 25, 2026

Kū paʻa ʻo Civi.Me i ka hana ʻana i ka ʻikepili kīwila i hiki ke loaʻa i nā kamaʻāina āpau o Hawaiʻi, me ka nānā ʻole i ka ʻōlelo a lākou e ʻōlelo ai. Wehewehe kēia ʻaoʻao i ke ʻano o kā mākou hāwai ʻana i ka ʻōlelo he nui a me kou mau kuleana ma lalo o ke kānāwai o Hawaiʻi.

Ke ʻano o kā mākou mau unuhi

Hana ʻia kā mākou mau unuhi me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka unuhi kōkua ʻia e ka AI a nānā ʻia no ka pololei. Hoʻomua mākou i ka ʻōlelo maopopo a kūlohelohe ma mua o ka unuhi huaʻōlelo-no-ka-huaʻōlelo. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi hewa unuhi a i ʻole kekahi mea i kūlohelohe ʻole ma kou ʻōlelo, e ʻoluʻolu e haʻina mai iā mākou — kōkua ka manaʻo mai ka kaiāulu iā mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi.

Nā ʻōlelo a mākou e kākoʻo ai

Loaʻa kā mākou pūnaewele ma 16 mau ʻōlelo — ka ʻōlelo Pelekania me nā ʻōlelo 15 i ʻike ʻia e ka Office of Language Access (OLA) o Hawaiʻi he mau ʻōlelo i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā kaiāulu me ka hiki ʻole ke ʻōlelo Pelekania:

  • English (Pelekania)
  • ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
  • Tagalog
  • 日本語 (Kepanī)
  • Ilokano
  • 简体中文 (Pākē Maʻalahi)
  • 繁體中文 (Pākē Kuʻuna)
  • 한국어 (Kōlea)
  • Español (Kepaniola)
  • Tiếng Việt (Wiekanama)
  • Gagana Sāmoa (Kāmoa)
  • Lea Fakatonga (Tonga)
  • Marshallese
  • Chuukese
  • ไทย (Tai)
  • Cebuano

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi i ka ʻōlelo i nā manawa āpau me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea koho ʻōlelo ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao. Mālama ʻia kou makemake ʻōlelo i ʻole ʻoe e koho hou ma kou kipa ʻana aʻe.

Nā mea i unuhi ʻia

Unuhi mākou i kēia mau mea i loko o nā ʻōlelo 15 ʻōlelo Pelekania ʻole:

  • Ka ʻili o ka pūnaewele — ka hoʻokele, nā pihi, nā lepili, nā māhele palapala, a me nā memo ʻōnaehana
  • Nā alakaʻi kīwila — Pehea e Hōʻike ai, Ka Waihona Kākau Leka, Kou Kuleana e ʻIke, a me nā kumuwaiwai hoʻonaʻauao ʻē aʻe
  • Nā wehewehe ʻana o nā ʻaha kūkā a me nā kumuhana — nā wehewehe ʻana i ka hana a kēlā me kēia kino aupuni a me nā kumuhana kulekele
  • Nā memo hoʻomaopopo — nā leka uila a me nā memo kikokiko e pili ana i nā hālāwai e hiki mai ana

Hoʻopuka ʻia nā inoa hālāwai, nā papa kumumanaʻo, a me nā palapala kūhelu e nā ʻoihana aupuni ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. Ke hana nei mākou e unuhi i nā hōʻuluʻulu hālāwai i loko o nā ʻōlelo kākoʻo āpau ma kekahi hoʻonui e hiki mai ana.

Kou mau kuleana ma lalo o ke kānāwai o Hawaiʻi

Aia ma Hawaiʻi kekahi o nā pale ʻana ikaika loa no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻōlelo ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ma lalo o Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 321C, kauoha ʻia nā ʻoihana mokuʻāina a me nā ʻoihana i kākoʻo ʻia e ka mokuʻāina e hāwai i ke komo maoli ʻana i nā lawelawe no ka poʻe me ka hiki ʻole ke ʻōlelo Pelekania (LEP).

ʻO ka manaʻo, ke launa ʻoe me ke aupuni mokuʻāina a kalana o Hawaiʻi — me ka hele ʻana i nā hālāwai lehulehu, ka noi ʻana i nā moʻolelo lehulehu, a i ʻole ke komo ʻana i nā lawelawe aupuni — aia iā ʻoe ke kuleana e noi i kōkua ʻōlelo, me ka unuhi waha a me ka unuhi palapala o nā palapala koʻikoʻi.

Ka Office of Language Access

ʻO ka Office of Language Access (OLA) ka ʻoihana mokuʻāina e hoʻomaopopo nei i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ke kānāwai loaʻa ʻōlelo o Hawaiʻi. Hiki iā OLA ke kōkua iā ʻoe inā ʻaʻole kekahi ʻoihana aupuni i hāwai i nā lawelawe ʻōlelo.

Nā mea e pono ai nā ʻoihana aupuni e hāwai

  • Ka unuhi waha ma nā hālāwai lehulehu, nā hoʻokolokolo, a me nā pakaukau lawelawe ke noi ʻia
  • Ka unuhi palapala o nā palapala koʻikoʻi (nā noi, nā hoʻolaha, nā palapala ʻae, nā palapala hoʻopiʻi)
  • Nā limahana ʻōlelo lua a i ʻole nā mea unuhi kūpono — ʻaʻole nā lālā ʻohana a i ʻole nā keiki
  • Hoʻolaha o nā lawelawe ʻōlelo e loaʻa ana, i kau ʻia ma nā ʻōlelo i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka kaiāulu

ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe mai i kāu mea unuhi ponoʻī. ʻO ka ʻoihana ka mea kuleana no ka hāwai ʻana i ke kōkua ʻōlelo me ka uku ʻole iā ʻoe.

E pili ana iā Civi.Me a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻōlelo

ʻAʻole ʻo Civi.Me he ʻoihana aupuni a ʻaʻole ia ma lalo o HRS Chapter 321C. Hāwai mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻōlelo he nui me ka makemake no ka mea manaʻo mākou pono e hiki i ka ʻikepili kīwila i nā kānaka āpau ma Hawaiʻi, me ka nānā ʻole i ka ʻōlelo.

ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā pale i ke komo ʻana i ka hana kīwila. Inā he pale ka ʻōlelo nou a i ʻole no kekahi āu e ʻike ai, makemake mākou e lohe. E kelepona mai iā mākou ma email@access100.org.