{"id":3743,"date":"2026-09-07T13:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/?p=3743"},"modified":"2026-09-07T14:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:44:53","slug":"easy-to-read-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/2026\/09\/07\/easy-to-read-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy-to-Read Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metropolio Vertimai has been fostering close relations with the Lithuanian Community for the Care of People with Intellectual Disabilities Viltis for several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramun\u0117 Lebedyt\u0117 Undz\u0117nien\u0117, the head of the organisation and an expert in easy-to-read language, recently trained Metropolis translators on making translations understandable to people with intellectual disabilities as well as older people. The translators completed specialist training and can now translate a wide range of texts into easy-to-read language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is easy-to-read language?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Easy-to-read language helps people understand information better. It is particularly important for those who find it difficult to read or understand complex texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The universal layout, illustrations and style of easy-to-read texts make information particularly accessible to people with reading and comprehension difficulties and intellectual disabilities. Their simple language and clear structure also make these texts well suited to older people, children and the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How should texts be written in easy-to-read language?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>Short sentences \u2013 write briefly and clearly.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Simple words \u2013 use words that everyone can understand.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Plenty of space and a clear order \u2013 avoid clutter and make the text easy to follow.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Illustrations or examples \u2013 use them to make the information easier to understand.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Easy-to-read language allows everyone to understand information and feel more independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you see a publication in a Lithuanian bookshop bearing this symbol, you will know that it is intended for people who find ordinary texts difficult to understand. It may even have been translated by Metropolio Vertimai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metropolio Vertimai has been fostering close relations with the Lithuanian Community for the Care of People with Intellectual Disabilities Viltis for several years. Ramun\u0117 Lebedyt\u0117 Undz\u0117nien\u0117, the head of the organisation and an expert in easy-to-read language, recently trained Metropolis translators on making translations understandable to people with intellectual disabilities as well as older people. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3743"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3804,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3743\/revisions\/3804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}