Examples From the Field: Professional medical interpretation services aid in breaking down linguistic barriers that impede the ability to communicate. When a medical interpreter is not provided massive mistakes can take place due to poor communication and misunderstandings. Example 1: In 2010, Francisco Torres was at California’s Riverside Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center where he…
Language Barriers in Healthcare Can Create an Abundance of Issues When Professional Medical Interpretation Services Are Not Provided: Healthcare workers are highly educated and extremely skilled in their field of expertise, so much so that people trust their lives and overall well being in their hands. Doctors and medical staff have gone through and completed…
Occupational Therapy: Occupational therapists focus on helping people develop the activities that give day to day life more meaning. Occupational therapy aids people in recovery or helps to develop the skills needed for engaging in the activities of daily living which include but are not limited to self-care, leisure, independent living and working a job.…
Workers Compensation Insurance and Benefits: Employers purchase workers compensation insurance in order to cover expenses related to an employee’s illness or injury. This is a state mandated program that allows payments which are required by law to be made to an employee that has endured an injury or was disabled on the job. In most…
Gain Access to Language Services Through a Partnership with a Language Service Company (LSC): America is a melting pot of people, cultures and languages. Due to the immense diversity within our communities many businesses, healthcare facilities and organizations utilize language services on a daily basis. Once the realization is made that your company is in…
Statistics Regarding the Vietnamese Population in the United States: The Vietnamease population in America has increased 26% over the 2000s. In 2017, more than 1.3 million Vietnamese people resided in the United States, accounting for 3% of the nation’s 44.5 million immigrants and representing the 6th largest foreign born group in the country. The United…
Physical Therapy Appointments for LEP Individuals Should Include the Aid of a Professional Interpreter: When a limited English proficient (LEP) patient is required to attend regular physical therapy appointments to treat physical impairments, disabilities or injuries, it’s always in the best interest of everyone involved to work alongside a professional interpreter. Physical therapy is a…
Enlist the Aid of a Professional Interpreter: Whether it’s a routine checkup or a visit to the emergency room, visiting healthcare facilities can be a stressful experience for limited English proficient (LEP) individuals in America. Having a health concern is stressful enough, however throwing a language barrier into the mix can cause confusion, misunderstandings and…
Machine Translation is Known for Its Mistakes and There is No Room for Mistakes When Expanding into Diverse Consumer Markets: It’s universal knowledge that the translations produced by machine translation software is known to be inaccurate and in some cases disorganized and confusing. Best case scenario when using machine translation is it will produce an…
What Does Localization Do For Companies: Localization is a creative language service that takes a companies marketing content including text, images, colors, overall aesthetic, website as well as website functionality and modifies it to entice and attract diverse consumer markets. Companies wanting to expand without investing in professional localization services tend to fall short in…