Alumna and student bridge information gap for Vietnamese Americans STUART CARSONOctober 28, 2020 The Interpreter, created by USC alumna Cookie Duong and senior Jady Chan, looks to reduce language barriers for many Vietnamese Americans by translating news articles and op-eds from major news outlets. (Vincent Leo | Daily Trojan) Scores of Americans have created resource guides and infographics in an effort to educate and promote civic engagement in the run-up to the 2020 election. However, for a significant number of Americans, including many Vietnamese Americans, language barriers make these resources inaccessible. Alumna Cookie Duong and Jady Chan, a senior majoring in computational neuroscience, are trying to change that. In June, Duong and Chan created The Interpreter, a news aggregator website that translates news articles, op-eds and analyses from major international outlets into Vietnamese. Since its creation only five months ago, the website has since expanded sig...