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Category Archives: Interpreters/Translators

Human Interpreters: How threatened by AI?

Posted on August 27, 2023 by TonySchmitzAugust 27, 2023

What’s does job security look like for interpreters in the face of recent advances in artificial intelligence? Get the low down from Middlebury Institute of International Studies associate professor Barry Olson, a conference interpreter with 25 years of experience. Olson … Continue reading →

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Medical Interpretation in the U.S.: Inadequate Approaches Harm Patients

Posted on August 14, 2023 by TonySchmitzAugust 14, 2023

Here’s a dose of bad news from the Hastings Center on the failures of medical interpretation and the resulting harm to patients. In this recent essay, Medical Interpretation in the U.S. is Inadequate and Harming Patients, a team of writers observe that … Continue reading →

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Interpreters: Only the Lonely?

Posted on July 14, 2023 by TonySchmitzJuly 14, 2023

What is a problem all too common for medical interpreters? When Kelly Henriquez asked that question at a panel on interpreter self-care at a national conference, the answer she got was, Loneliness. Henriquez, a dual-certified Spanish medical/healthcare interpreter working in … Continue reading →

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Taking It to the Next Level: Simultaneous Interpretation

Posted on July 10, 2023 by TonySchmitzJuly 10, 2023

It’s one thing to interpret with pauses allowed in the exchange between speakers. But as this amusing and instructive video explains, simultaneous interpretation is a more daunting and sophisticated task that requires years of preparation. The instance depicted by the … Continue reading →

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The Art Behind Translation

Posted on July 3, 2023 by TonySchmitzJuly 3, 2023

Usually we’re here concerned with the utilitarian aspects of translation. How does a Hmong patient, for example, best learn more about foot care with diabetes, post-op care or child immunization schedules? This week let’s take a step off the path … Continue reading →

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AI vs. Human Interpreters: Who Wins?

Posted on June 25, 2023 by TonySchmitzJune 25, 2023

Take a look at this video that compares the efforts of two human interpreters against interpretation provided by the AI app, Kudo. The results? Less weighted against AI than you might think. The human interpreters found some of the language … Continue reading →

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A Little Creepy: Multi-Lingual AI Fueled Robot

Posted on June 5, 2023 by TonySchmitzJune 5, 2023

Get a look at a version of the future — here’s an AI-powered robot that switches with alacrity from English to German to Chinese to Japanese in a Q&A with an off-screen interviewer. A video of the conversation appears in … Continue reading →

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Artificial Intelligence Meets Translating, Interpreting

Posted on March 26, 2023 by TonySchmitzMarch 26, 2023

Good news if you happen to be an athlete, bus mechanic, or short order cook. Those professions are judged to be least affected as artificial intelligence becomes, well, more intelligent, according to a paper published in March by University of … Continue reading →

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Music Turned into Motion

Posted on December 19, 2022 by TonySchmitzDecember 19, 2022

How to interpret musical performance for the deaf? That’s the question taken up by the video above, where ASL interpreters transform a song for the hard of hearing. The nuts and bolts of rendering music in ways that will be … Continue reading →

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For Interpreters: What to Do When the News Is Bad

Posted on December 5, 2022 by TonySchmitzDecember 5, 2022

Among the challenges for medical interpreters: how to convey bad news from providers to patients and their families. This hour-and-a-half webinar, presented by InterpretAmerica, takes on the sensitive issues involved. The recorded webinar is geared toward providing interpreters with tools … Continue reading →

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A Reason Behind LEP Health Disparities

Posted on July 4, 2022 by TonySchmitzJuly 4, 2022

Just about everybody knows there’s a disparity in health outcomes between LEP patients and native English speakers. From Harvard researchers, here’s a partial explantation. In a recently published study in JAMA Pediatrics, the study team established that LEP patients are … Continue reading →

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Interpreters: When Should They Advocate?

Posted on February 21, 2022 by TonySchmitzFebruary 21, 2022

When are medical interpreters simply conduits for information shared between providers and patients — and when do they have an obligation to intervene and advocate on the behalf of patients? The U.S. National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare (NCIHC) came … Continue reading →

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Why Moses Has Horns (And Other Translation Errors)

Posted on January 10, 2022 by TonySchmitzJanuary 10, 2022

If you’ve spent time studying Old Testament iconography (and who hasn’t?), you may have wondered why Moses is often depicted with horns after having talked with God on Mount Sinai and descended with the ten commandments. Why the horns? It’s … Continue reading →

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Why Qualified Translation Pays

Posted on June 7, 2021 by TonySchmitzJune 7, 2021

Thinking about saving money by having your Aunt Betty translate a few simple words for your organization? Really, what could go wrong? Plenty, needless to say. Check out 40 hilarious translation fails from different languages, published on The Language Nerds … Continue reading →

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