The current state of play of health care interpreting in Slovenia is managed through improvisation and goodwill of all parties involved. An analysis of the state of health care interpreting in Slovenia is presented, based on interviews with medical students, medical professionals, the Ombudsman and ah-hoc interpreters. On the whole, patients with problems in communication do not have such difficulties to report infringements to public services. Doctors get help from ad-hoc rather than professional interpreters and,similarly, interpreters principally have to depend on themselves as well.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 42805602An analysis of the state of play in health care interpreting in Slovenia is presented, urging that university institutions take a proactive role to change the current situation. In view of preparing a training programme for interpreters in health care, the advantages and drawback of language-dependent models are confronted with language-independent variants.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
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