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Category Archives: Interpreters/Translators

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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