My Experience About Learning English

An Interpretation Service will sit with you during the conversation and translate into another language.

A lot of incidents happened along the way of learning English as a second language and many of them are rather funny than made me in trouble. What I was doing was foolish and I had to change how I see my new world and Adapt to it. I had to force myself in order to start making new friends and learn more about the American culture. I had a lot of good neighbors who helped me pass that period of my life and made it a little easy a comfortable to speaking in English. They guided me and encouraged me to speak more and never be shy again from my language and accent. Yet, I am still working to enhance and improve my language capabilities to be much better in the future. I view this phase of me learning a new language is a work in progress instead of learning something from the beginning. I am keeping a note next to me all the time, and whenever I hear a word or phrase that I don’t know, I write it down and I keep repeating it again and again until it sticks in my mind I become confident when I use it.

Prior to reading this article, I understood that interpreting had high demands of the job and certain areas where interpreters could control certain areas of the demands. However, Dean and Pollard

In the case of a foreign language being spoken, the help of a translator or interpretation service can assist.

Translation and interpreting services - A translator is a person who translates from one language into another. They facilitate written communication which is helpful if a parent wants to show something that is written in their language. An interpreter a person who interprets, especially one who translates speech orally or into sign language.

Lor et al. (2016) examined the growing problem of language barriers for patients in the United States and around the world. The use of interpreters is often the solution to bridge the gap between languages. The purpose of this study was to examine patient perception of interpreter services.The population for this study included 10 English proficient Hmong patients and 10 Spanish speaking patients. The participants ranged from age 33 to 75 years old. The intervention was that poor quality interpretation could lead to poor relationships among patients, interpreters and providers. In addition poor interpretation could end up in the patient being unable to follow through with treatment plans. Lastly, poor quality interpretation can lead to emotional distress for patients. Comparison was that patients have expectations on how the

This for example could mean the support of an individual who is deaf and needs to find other ways to express their needs and preferences. A health and social care service provider could put the service user in touch with British Sign Language interpreters, Deaf-blind interpreters, lip-speakers, note-takers and speech-to-text reporters. Another reason that an individual may need this kind of support is if they do not speak English and require an interpreter. This is particularly common in hospitals. The interpreter may be a friend or relative or even a person specifically hired to be an interpreter in health

Consequently, the need for qualified interpreters in the clinical settings is of great essence in the reduction of

If someone has a language barrier you should use interpreters when possible as you may interpret what they are trying to say wrong and cause unnecessary distress to the person. However if an interpreter is not available you could use picture cards or other forms of communication to try and understand what is trying to be said this may help calm the situation until an interpreter is free.

An interpreter is a person that translates one language to another or uses sign language to interpreter to the deaf. Interpreters have a special skill and, in the medical field, this skill allows patients and doctors to discuss and understand medical information.

What is the role of an American Sign Language Interpreter? According to the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, RID, “Sign Language interpreting makes communication possible between people who are deaf or hard of hearing and people who can hear.” In order to accomplish this task the Interpreter needs to keep a clear and unbiased mind while at any given assignment. Another viewpoint of the role of an interpreter is explained in the book Reading Between the Signs (2006). In this book the author Anna Mindess explains that an Interpreter serves the role of a mediator between two or more parties. She also explains that the role of a mediator

One of my biggest concerns with a medical interpreter is miscommunication. For example, even if a hospital employs an interpreter who speaks Spanish, it might not be the same dialect as the one the patient speaks. Depending on the dialect some words have different meaning and can be interpreted wrong. This is similar to what happened to Teresa Terry. She had both her breasts removed due to a translation error that led doctors to believe she had a family record of breast cancer when she did not. In reality, the lump she had was not cancerous at all, but a miscommunication with her interpreter led doctors to believe she wanted it removed anyway (Kroulek, 2015).

One night in 1981, Jeff Munks, a police office in San Jose, CA responded to an urgent call and arrived at a residence where a Vietnamese immigrant who spoke no English was screaming and waving his arms agitatedly. Next to him, his son was having trouble breathing. After Jeff guessed what had been happening and immediately called for an ambulance, he kept thinking about emergency situations where danger is exacerbated because of a language barrier. This resulted in Telephone Interpretation being offered since that year. This service connects trained interpreters via telephone to Limited English Proficient (LEP) Individuals. Cyracom International is one of those companies that provide critical

For me, learning a language is a complicated process. It is different from learning other subjects. It involves a lot of practices and follow up. When I talk about my personal experience, I would say that I have a rich experience in learning English as a second language. English was taught to me for ten years starting from grade seven till graduation from university. After graduation, I felt that I should improve my language skills. Therefore, I did a lot of efforts personally to increase my fluency. Until now I still learn the language. Indeed, learning a language takes a lifetime.

“Translators have to prove to themselves as to others that they are in control of what they do, that they do not just translate well because they have a “flair” for translation, but rather because, like other professional, they have made a conscious effort to understand various aspects of their work.”