Language Translation – Need for medical interpreters to rise with health care reform

As more Americans get health insurance coverage, the demand for medical interpreters will likely increase.Health care reform and the aging American population are both factors that will lead to more jobs in the medical field in the very near future. I…

Lessons in medical language interpreting

A video by Wisconsin Technical Colleges shows some of the key lessons learned by a student preparing to become a medical interpreter.As a provider of medical language services, we have often posted on this blog about professional language interpreters,…

Language Translation – Non-medical translation in a hospital setting

In a Toronto hospital, translation volunteers are put to good use outside of the medical language sphere.On numerous occasions, this blog has emphasized the importance of using qualified medical language experts for language translation and interpretat…