[lit-ideas] Re: speaking of libraries in the United States of Earth
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 16:19:14 -0400
Surely a hospital can have on hand a Spanish translator since a
large minority of Americans speak Spanish only.
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Sorry for cluttering everyone's inbox with all these posts. Just
want to make the point here that most doctors in large US hospitals
have to possess at least a working knowledge of Spanish.
My friend was on call in ER with (Asian) Indian doctors doing
residency for certification. The Indians had no Spanish and kept
bugging my friend to translate for them. Hence the linguistic
intervention with the unruly Spanish-only patient.
Now I'll shut up and save everyone's bandwidth.
Eric
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