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Benefits of Video Remote Interpreting

As a medical health care provider in the Cincinnati area, you are likely aware of the city’s linguistically diverse populations, but also of its geographic limitations. And when it comes to providing health care to patients with LEP (Limited English Proficiency), you may find yourself short-staffed when you need to have experienced, professional interpreters on hand to assist during some of your most complex medical situations. If you and your medical staff relate to this challenge, your clinic or hospital may benefit from Video Remote Interpreting (VRI).

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Quick, Accurate Medical Translations

In the rapid-paced world of medicine, the ability to translate a document, chart, or drug information sheet is critical. Too often, hospitals lack the quality translation services that they need to better serve their non-English-speaking patients. Affordable Language Services is quick and professional when it comes to turning around a translation. Let’s take a look at why quick translation services like the ones provided by Affordable Language Services are so essential.

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Manufacturing Translation for HR

At Affordable Language Services we understand the importance and value of a diverse workforce. To get the most out of any workforce, though, from on-boarding to managing, and all the behind the scenes work that goes into keeping your employees productive and happy in their jobs, the Human Resources Department of any company must effectively communicate a wide range of information to its staff. With LEP (Limited English Proficiency) employees, the job is that much easier when your documentation is translated into your employees’ native language.

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Translation for Manufacturing

translation for manufacturingTranslating business documentation is more than converting one language into another. Niche industry, business, and company knowledge can add a layer of complexity to the mix if not fully understood. The manufacturing industry is one where that complexity must be carefully navigated when translating information for employees, customers, and other stakeholders. Affordable Language Services specializes in translation services for manufacturing businesses.

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Federal Agencies Caution Against Reliance on Web-Based Automated Translators

Effective communication is essential to our business, personal, and social relationships. Nuance, tone, feeling, cultural tendencies, and so much more is conveyed through our many communication styles. The written word can evoke joy, pain, and every emotion in between if properly expressed, as is evidenced by great works authored and subsequently translated into languages not native to the writer. Yet, in the fast-moving, technically advanced world we live in, automation has taken away some of personal touch that is often relied upon to provide accurate results.

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First Arabic Court Interpreter Certified in Ohio

With more than 25,000 legal proceedings requiring the services of a legal interpreter each year, Ohio began its certification program in 2010; by 2013 the state’s judicial system will require that a certified legal interpreter be provided to anyone who requests one.

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Somali Populations in the US

Columbus, Ohio is home to more than 75,000 Somali residents. Why such a high concentration? Somalis first began settling in Virginia, but due to the high cost of living...

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The Importance of Medical Interpreting in Pediatrics

Medical interpreting is crucial for positive healthcare outcomes for non-English-speaking patients. Numerous studies have found that if language barriers between doctor and patient are not overcome, misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment are among the many negative consequences that are more likely to occur.
Unfortunately, the regular assortment of problems associated with poor communication between doctor and patient are compounded when the patient is a child. For one thing, a lack of English fluency among a young patient’s parents often results in longer hospital stays for kids. The following is a look at why having professional medical interpreters on hand is so important for minor patients.

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