Interpreters

Moving to a new country is never an easy job; we knew challenges would come since it was the beginning of the biggest adventure of our lives. With clear objectives and high expectations, my brother and I expected to achieve all our academic and professional goals. Nevertheless plans changed right away when we arrived. Two weeks later my dad was diagnosed with metastasized prostate cancer and it was considerably advanced. All things turned into a different way, plans were cancelled and a plan B…

bible is not only "the greatest story ever told"; it is the greatest drama ever enacted - and its chief Actor is God (Rhodes 1). God is the center and circuit of revelation. The circuit of revelation is continuous pattern between God, events, interpreter, interpreted events, and back to God (Rhodes 2). The history…

data on engagement with the Somali population in Columbus, OH suggests that older adults, in this case the mother, would be more likely to prefer the use of the Somali interpreter and the younger members of the family are more likely to prefer the use of English (Noor, 2011, p. 3). Preferably, I may try and have the female interpreter engage more with the female clients in their preferred language medium, and I would speak more predominantly with the male clients present due to the cultural norm…

Today, while in my hometown of Fremont, I went to order some lunch at Subway. As I was waiting in line, I noticed an elderly couple in front of me was signing. The elderly couple was deaf, and they wrote on notepad paper to order their food. In deaf history, people experienced trauma in their lives due to health care providers trying to “fix” their “illness”. The city of Fremont has a large deaf community, and I wondered how deaf people are being treated today in the health care system and if…

language should be more articulate and disciplined than my second. I began to learn Sign Language when I started at Milwaukee Sign Language School when I was three years old. It wasn’t until K-4 when I really began to understand it, I would watch the Interpreter and mimic exactly what she was doing as we were reading a story. I would then connect the signs with the words being read and, voila!, I was learning Sign Language. In the third grade my English started deteriorating, I was influenced…

Health concerns among recent immigrants are malnutrition, iron deficiency anemia, Vitamin A deficiency, and scurvy. “Common infectious diseases are diarrheal disease, measles, malaria, and acute respiratory illness” (Stratis Health, 2015). Almost half of the new arrivals are affected by intestinal parasites. They also have high rates of tuberculosis. They believe that mental illness is often believed to be caused by spirit possession or as a punishment from God. They often use traditional…

tell the doctors about Lia’s seizures. The extra amount of money that could have been saved could be invested into getting the needed medicine and medical equipment. Instead, the taxpayer’s dollars are being spent to bring in expensive ineffective interpreters. Moreover, the non-English immigrants are acting as a parasite on the taxpaying Americans, feeding off of their dollars without anything in…

The following was identified language barriers and proper use of interpreters. Nursing interventions can create and foster an environment that is free of judgement, stereotyping, and segregation. Language barriers can threaten the lives of this group and English may not be spoken fluently or that the nurse has limited or…

she was living at the address in Coconut Creek, FL which is listed as Janette Perez’s address. Numerous calls were received after the initial call by someone impersonator the client and also claiming to be the client’s mother. The caller used an interpreter when she identified herself as the client’s mother, and when she claimed to be the client. The caller had various distractions going on when those calls were placed; it sounded like there were multiple people on the phone talking over each…

language they are usually much more polite and grateful for my call. Usually when I call policy holders they do not have time for my call or they do not find the information pertinent to them. I can honestly say that when I have someone who needs and interpreter they are all…