healthcare interpreting – Maria Guzenko

What’s Wrong with Using Child Interpreters?

While it may be harmless or even helpful for the family in many everyday situations, I would warn against relying on child interpreters in high-stakes situations that may have financial, legal, or medical consequences.

Should You Use a Low Reading Level in Your Russian Medical Translations?

Translations that read at a low grade level are based on assumptions that may not apply to Russian speakers in the US.

Culture-relative priorities in healthcare

It has become commonplace to point out that translators and interpreters not only re-code the message in a different language, but also negotiate cultures. However, concrete examples may demonstrate that this is far from a pretty turn of phrase, even in such seemingly objective and evidence-based disciplines as life sciences. Medical translators and interpreters haveContinue reading “Culture-relative priorities in healthcare”