The multi-lingual subcontinent is not keeping up with the demand for language services, especially in the medical and legal fields.A recent post from the excellent language services blog Global Watchtower explains that India is in need of more tra…

Not all cultures readily recognize Alzheimer’s disease as a medical condition, as one family’s story reveals. Last week, we cited an excellent article from The Bay Citizen that emphasized the growing need for health care language services in America’s…

Not all cultures readily recognize Alzheimer’s disease as a medical condition, as one family’s story reveals.Last week, we cited an excellent article from The Bay Citizen that emphasized the growing need for health care language services in America’s a…

An aging population means a greater need for medical language translation and interpretation.In this blog, we have often reported on the increasing demand for medical services in the health care sector. But just why is the need for these services incre…

Medical school students take a humorous look at medical interpreting.Doc Opera is a variety show created by students from the Case School of Medicine. All of the performances are carried out by the medical students and deal with “the amusing sid…

An 8-year-old resident of Bowling Green, Kentucky successfully handled an EMS call in English while translating from Arabic for his mother.We’ve often pointed out in this blog that children are not well-suited to the task of medical interpretatio…

Medical language is difficult to master even in your own tongue. Need proof? Check out some online medical language quizzes.In our posts about medical translation, we often emphasize that medical translators and interpreters need to start by understand…

A Canadian resident spent several months under warrant for arrest in Italy because of a poorly translated phone conversation.A February 27 news story from The Toronto Sun reveals that area businessman Salvatore Oliveti has been exonerated from all char…

A Canadian resident spent several months under warrant for arrest in Italy because of a poorly translated phone conversation.A February 27 news story from The Toronto Sun reveals that area businessman Salvatore Oliveti has been exonerated from all char…

Minimum requirements to work as a health care interpreter vary from state to state, but the necessary skills don’t.Few educational institutions offer training courses in health care interpreting, and a national certification process is just getting u…