Apr 12 2012 in fight language discrimination, healthcare translation, Latest News, Translators without borders by admin
Financial contribution to help the organization in its efforts to fight language discriminationTranslators without Borders, a U.S.-based charitable organization that facilitates the transfer of knowledge to those in need, has announced its first Platin…
Nov 15 2011 in certified document translation services, certified medical translation services, healthcare interpreting, healthcare telephone interpreting, healthcare translation, language translation, Latest News, medical document translation, medical interpreting, medical telephone interpreting, medical translation services by admin
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters will soon be developing its exam in Arabic and Mandarin.“The Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) recently received a $308,750 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foun…
Mar 29 2011 in certified document translation, certified medical translation, healthcare interpreting, healthcare translation, language translation, Latest News, medical interpreter, medical interpreting, professional translation services, telephone interpreting, telephonic interpreting by admin
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…
Mar 22 2011 in business translation, certified document translation services, healthcare translation, language translation, Latest News, medical translation, professional document translation, professional language services, professional translation services, telephone interpreting, translation of documents by admin
“Translate British” proposes online translations from British to American slang.All writers (and anybody who has ever travelled to Great Britain) know that the differences between British and American English go way beyond the accent. Vocabulary, …
Mar 18 2011 in certified medical translation, healthcare interpreting, healthcare translation, healthcare translation services, language translation, Latest News, medical interpreting services, medical telephone interpreter, medical translation services, professional translation services, telephone interpreting by admin
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…
Feb 28 2011 in certified medical translation, certified translation services, document translation, healthcare translation, language translation, Latest News, medical interpreter, medical interpreting services, medical telephone interpreting, professional translation services by admin
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…
Feb 28 2011 in certified medical translation, certified translation services, document translation, healthcare telephone interpreting, healthcare translation, language translation, Latest News, medical interpreter, medical interpreting services, medical telephone interpreting, professional translation services by admin
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…
Feb 17 2011 in certified medical translation services, healthcare interpreter, healthcare translation, language translation, Latest News, medical interpreter, medical interpreting, medical translation, professional language services, professional translation services, telephone interpreting by admin
A new report by The Joint Commission reveals that many US hospitals face language service compliancy problemsA recently-released white paper entitled "The New Joint Commission Standards for Patient-Centered Care" points out compliance problem…
Feb 9 2011 in certified medical translation, healthcare interpreter, healthcare translation, language translation, Latest News, medical interpreter, medical interpreting, medical telephone interpreter, medical telephone interpreting, medical translation services, professional medical translation by admin
Health problems can be a nightmare for travelers, and finding an on-site interpreter isn’t always a viable option.In this blog, we often focus on language issues involving US healthcare facilities. But what about healthcare options for US citizens tr…
Oct 7 2010 in certified medical translation, healthcare translation, language translation, Latest News, medical document translation, medical form translation, medical telephone interpreting, medical translation services, professional language services, professional medical translation, professional translation services by admin
A rich and informative guide to making hospitals accessible to all is available for download from The Joint Commission.The Joint Commission is a not-for-profit organization that accredits thousands of hospitals and health care organizations in the USA….
