MEDICAL SPANISH TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

Catalog description

An introduction to medical translation and interpreting, also known as healthcare translation and interpreting. Sociolinguistic, legal, and pragmatic dimensions of translation, cross-cultural health literacy, intercultural competency, text analysis, common medical text types and basic terminology; text production in English of Spanish medical documents, strategies of research, documentation and transfer. The rudiments of interpreting in health care environments; protocol, ethics, and credentialing in the language mediation industry; public health policy as it affects Latino and Latina populations. Spanish-English, English-Spanish language combination. Note: translation refers to written texts; interpreting to spoken language.