Language Access Resource Guide Definition: Language Access materials include those related to interpreter training and resources, as well as medical and health care materials in other languages. Organizations Non-Profit American Translators Association Cross Cultural Health Care Program Ethnomed National Council on Interpreting in Health Care - National Code of Ethics for Interpreters in Health Care
- Linguistically Appropriate Access and Services: An Evaluation and Review for Health Care Organizations
Government Agencies and Regulations Federal Centers for Disease Control Includes the nine most prevalent languages in the USA (Spanish, Russian, Chinese, French, Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, Tagalog, and German) plus thirteen others Multicultural Health Communication Services Includes health information sheets in 60 languages. National Library of Medicine Health Resources in Multiple Languages Key Publications, Articles, Books Publications Language Services Resource Guide Alyssa Sampson. Prepared for the National Health Law Program and The National Council on Interpreting in Health Care. October 2006. ATA Chronicles (American Translator's Association) The Interpreter and Translator Trainer (UK) Books Online http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Contains medical glossaries for eight languages. Over 240 languages represented in their general dictionary resources. http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Translates English into a dozen languages. The benefit of this website is that it will translate a block of text, not just an individual word or phrase. Other Related Resources Northwest Interpreters Vancouver WA Office of Multicultural Health in Oregon. Oregon Law and Interpreter Ethics, Assessment, etc. Pacific Northwest Resources Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society Seattle WA The Translator's Home Companion A professional resource for translators Vancouver Canada For blind, deaf and hard of hearing: Medical Interpreting Services at: Vancouver TTY 604-736-7099 TTY Toll Free 1-877-736-7099 Vancouver Voice 604-736-7012 Voice Toll Free 1-877-736-7012 California Resources Language and Cultural Access Program Asian languages
Listserves General LANTRA-L - Interpreting and translation. To subscribe, send the following e-mail message to LISTSERV@SEGATE.SUNET.SE: subscribe LANTRA-L TRANSLAT - Discussion of theory and practice of translation. To subscribe, send the following e-mail message to listproc@mail.wustl.edu: subscribe TRANSLAT techtranslation - Technical Translators' Forum Interlang - A mailing list for the discussion of anything related to translation and Interpreting. To subscribe, send the command subscribe interlang as the body of an e-mail message to majordomo@netacc.net GlossPost - Mailing list for the exchange of the URLs of any interesting glossaries or dictionaries found on the Internet, whether monolingual, bilingual or multilingual GPsearch - Discussion of Web searching strategies for translators Gpaper- Discussion of non-Internet dictionaries and glossaries The LINGUIST List - Subscription page The Linguist Web Discussion Forum TermXchange - Terminology exchange list CAT_convert - Discussion of converting files of any type for use with any translation memory system Business Practices Discussion - Specialized newsgroup for the discussion of business practices in the translation / interpreting industry Transcoop - Discussion list of the new International Translators' Cooperative. To subscribe, send an empty message to transcoop-subscribe@egroups.com or go to the list's home page
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