Health interpreting in New Zealand the cultural divide

Benjamins Translation Library

Volumn 46, Issue , 2003, Pages 249-259

  Crezee, Ineke ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 85105535936     PISSN: 09297316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/btl.46.26cre     Document Type: Conference Paper

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1. Based on data collected during the 1996 Census (National Summary 1996). Data from the 2001 Census was not available for publication at time of writing.
2. Pakeha is the Maori word used to denote persons of Caucasian ancestry.
3. This includes the many spontaneous refugee claimants who apply for refugee status in New Zealand every year.
4. Cultural problems manifested themselves in doctor-client interviews, with women agreeing to treatment without questioning doctors, apparently because in their culture questioning doctors and other people in positions of authority was simply "not done."
5. From 2000 onwards, AUT has offered the Certificate in Advanced Interpreting (Health), which focuses on developing a more in-depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology and advanced simultaneous and consecutive interpreting skills.
6. The majority of graduates from AUT interpreting courses end up working for one of the two main health-interpreting services in Auckland.