Fraudulent activity happens in medical interpreting. This public service announcement identifies pitfalls and how medical teams can avoid them.
Healthcare Interpreting 101: Embrace Your Newness
All professionals, including medical interpreters, have experienced what it’s like being new to their profession. It’s okay to be new.
Family Members as Interpreters: A Skewed Voice
When you speak, whose voice does the listener hear? Consider the impact this has on how effective your message is.
Healthcare Interpreting 101: 3 Phases of the Encounter
Healthcare interpreters with a solid understanding of the 3 phases of an encounter will be well positioned to fulfill their role.
Avoid Autopilot When Interpreting
You’d think that the more you interpret a certain type of encounter, or a certain aspect of an encounter, the easier it would be to render the messages completely and accurately. You’d think. But you might be wrong. And “thinking” is exactly part of the problem.
10 Ways Bad Interpreters Bring Google Translate Success
Bad interpreting adds no value to an encounter and brings providers to seek other means of communication – like Google translate.
Interpreters Are Heroes Too!
Interpreters are heroes who make it possible for the medical team to care for patients. This is especially true during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adaptation: Interpreting in a Pandemic
When life gives you a pandemic, you do what you can. This is how I have reacted personally and professionally to a global crisis.
The Parent Perplexity in Pediatric Interpreting
Interpreting for parents instead of patients can be complicated. Here are some tricky situations, and one simple solution!
Nobody Wants to Talk to You
The best interpreters are the ones you might notice the least! This is the intricate balance that interpreters must maintain between personable and professional.
Starting from Scratch? Study!
Are you interested in healthcare interpreting but don’t know where to start? Here is how I “stumbled” into interpreting, and why finding a training program is so important!
When Interpreting Services Fall Short (Part 2)
This is the second in a two-part series that highlights scenarios when interpreting services did not meet expectations and some specific learnings from the situations.
When Interpreting Services Fall Short (Part 1)
This is the first in a two-part series that highlights scenarios when interpreting services did not meet expectations and some specific learnings from the situations.
What Defines a "Professional Interpreter" in Healthcare?
Working with medical interpreters doesn’t always mean that you will be working with a professional medical interpreter. So, what defines what it means to work with the right medical interpreter?
Do I Really Have to Interpret Everything?
Interpreters are tasked with interpreting all messages said during the encounter. This article takes a look at this professional expectation and the importance behind it. Does it matter? You bet it does!