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A person who renders a
WHAT IS AN message spoken or signed in
INTERPRETER one language into a second
? language, and who abides by a
code of professional ethics.
The process of understanding
and analyzing a spoken or
signed message and re-
expressing that message
faithfully, accurately and
objectively in another
WHAT IS
language, taking the cultural
INTERPRETIN
and social context into
G?
account.
The purpose of interpreting is
to enable communication
between two or more
individuals who do not speak
each other‟s languages.
, An untrained person who is
called upon to interpret, such
as a family member
interpreting for her parents, a
WHAT IS AN
bilingual staff member pulled
ADHOC
away from other duties to
INTERPRETER
interpret, or a self-declared
?
bilingual in a hospital waiting
room who volunteers to
interpret. Also called a chance
interpreter or lay interpreter.
A term describing a person
who has some degree of
proficiency in two languages. A
WHAT IS A
high level of bilingualism is the
BILINGUAL
most basic of the qualifications
PERSON?
of a competent interpreter but
by itself does not insure the
ability to interpret.
A person with proficiency in
more than one language,
WHAT IS A enabling the person to provide
BILINGUAL services directly to
PROVIDER? limitedEnglish-proficient
patients in their non-English
language
, An employee who is a
proficient speaker of two
WHAT IS A languages and may provide
BILINGUAL direct services in both
WORKER/EM languages, but who without
PLOYEE? additional training is not
qualified to serve as an
interpreter
Health care interpreting or
medical interpreting:
interpreting that takes place in
health care settings of any
WHAT IS sort, including doctor‟s
MEDICAL offices, clinics, hospitals, home
INTERPRETIN health visits, mental health
G OR clinics, and public health
HEALTHCAR presentations.
E
INTERPRETIN Typically the setting is an
G? interview between a health
care provider (doctor, nurse,
lab technician) and a patient
(or the patient and one or
more family members).