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Multilingualism at Work: From policies to practices in public, medical and business settingsEdited by Bernd Meyer and Birgit Apfelbaum
[Hamburg Studies on Multilingualism 9] 2010
► pp. 163–184
Nurses as interpreters?
Aspects of interpreter training for bilingual medical employees
This article examines the challenges of societal multilingualism and language barriers for communication in the context of medical services in Germany. Although there is evidence that ad-hoc-interpreting may cause communication problems, bilingual employees are often engaged in communication between German doctors and non-native patients in German hospitals. It is suggested that bilingual workforce may be used to facilitate communication given that adequate training for ad-hoc-interpreters is available. Therefore, the article discusses several approaches to training for medical interpreters and outlines contents and methods of interpreter training for bilingual hospital employees.
Published online: 14 July 2010
https://doi.org/10.1075/hsm.9.09mey
https://doi.org/10.1075/hsm.9.09mey
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