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From: len@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Leonard P Levine)
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Subject: Need Translators
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Date: 14 Apr 90 01:27:52 GMT
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A student of mine works in the Miwaukee Bone Marrow unit and recently
had a difficult experience with a patient who came from Brazil and
spoke no English.  No Portugese (sp?) speaking staff were available.

I recall that some arm of ATT supported operators who had multilingual
experience.  Might they be pressed into service in a medical problem
such as this?  What are they called, where, etc.

It is probably best just to email me this, as it did appear earlier
and may not be of general interest.


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