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Bringing clinicians and interpreters together
Last year, the renal and palliative care teams at Auckland City Hospital contacted the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters (NZSTI) to help organise a presentation on issues relating to interpreting in medical consultations. Both teams work with patients who have life-limiting conditions and frequently need to have sensitive discussions…
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An unexpected bonus to being a translator
So, what’s the most unlikely fringe benefit you’ve ever experienced with a job? There are definitely some perks to being a translator. Doing something I love is probably top of my list. Then there are the obvious good things about working independently – no commute to the office, raiding the fridge for lunch rather than…
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Why on earth would anyone learn Cornish?
About 8 months ago, I posted on LinkedIn about growing up in Cornwall but never hearing anyone speak Cornish (https://lnkd.in/gDuDbtQa). So Kernewek is a dead language, right? Yes. And no. The 2011 Census recorded only 557 people in England and Wales who gave Cornish as their main language (in contrast, there were over 3000 speakers…
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