www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

English 中文網 漫畫網 愛新聞iNews 翻譯論壇
中國網站品牌欄目(頻道)
當前位置: Language Tips > Special Speed News VOA慢速

The risks of language for health translators

[ 2013-03-13 14:28]     字號 [] [] []  
免費訂閱30天China Daily雙語新聞手機報:移動用戶編輯短信CD至106580009009

Get Flash Player

Download

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English.

Translators Without Borders is an American nonprofit group. It provides language services to nongovernmental organizations such as, yes, Doctors Without Borders. The group recently trained some new translators in Nairobi in how to put health information into local languages for Kenyans.

For health translators, finding the rights words is not just about language but also culture.

Muthoni Gichohi is a manager for Family Health Options Kenya, the group that organized the training. She says she has no problem expressing the names of body parts in English. But as a Kikuyu she says there are some words in her first language that may be "provocative" if she said them in public.

MUTHONI GICHOHI: "So I have got to really put it in another way that it is still delivering the same message, but the words will be different."

Trainer Paul Warambo says the same issue arises with Kenya's national language.

PAUL WARAMBO: "Sometimes you are also forced to use euphemisms -- use a language that is more acceptable to the people. For example, in Swahili, we will not call a body part -- the vagina, for example -- we will not call it by its name. We use kitu chake --- her thing. You do not just mention it by the name, you say 'her thing.'"

The culture of a community will largely decide how words and expressions are translated into socially acceptable language.

In some cases, the way people in a culture think about an activity or object becomes the translated name for that activity or object.

Paul Warambo explains how the term "sexual intercourse" is commonly translated from English into Ki'Swahili.

PAUL WARAMBO: "We always say, in Ki'Swahili, 'kutenda kitendo kibaya' -- to do something bad. So, imagine sex was associated with something bad, emanating from the African cultural context."

Whether or not a community will accept or even listen to a message is especially important in health care.

Lori Thicke co-founded Translators Without Borders in nineteen ninety-three. She says, in general, a lot of development organizations have often overlooked the importance of language in changing health behavior.

LORI THICKE: "It is true that people do not think of translation. It is absolutely not on the radar, but it is so critical if you think about it, for people to get information, whether it is how to take their medication, whether it is where to find supplies in a crisis situation."

Muthoni Gichohi and her team recently opened a health information center in a Maasai community. She learned that young Maasai cannot say certain things in the presence of elders. Also, men are usually the ones who speak at public gatherings, so people might not accept a message given by a woman.

And that's the VOA Special English Health Report. I'm Faith Lapidus.

相關閱讀

Women play increasingly vital role in peace missions

In the garden: Growing beets

Doctors say most heart disease is preventable

When collecting things becomes a problem

(來源:VOA 編輯:Julie)

 
中國日報網英語點津版權說明:凡注明來源為“中國日報網英語點津:XXX(署名)”的原創作品,除與中國日報網簽署英語點津內容授權協議的網站外,其他任何網站或單位未經允許不得非法盜鏈、轉載和使用,違者必究。如需使用,請與010-84883631聯系;凡本網注明“來源:XXX(非英語點津)”的作品,均轉載自其它媒體,目的在于傳播更多信息,其他媒體如需轉載,請與稿件來源方聯系,如產生任何問題與本網無關;本網所發布的歌曲、電影片段,版權歸原作者所有,僅供學習與研究,如果侵權,請提供版權證明,以便盡快刪除。
 

關注和訂閱

人氣排行

翻譯服務

中國日報網翻譯工作室

我們提供:媒體、文化、財經法律等專業領域的中英互譯服務
電話:010-84883468
郵件:translate@chinadaily.com.cn
 
 
主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美巨乳在线观看 | 免费在线观看a | 中文字幕一区视频一线 | 久久综合久久久久 | 国产欧美另类 | 国产一级特黄一级毛片 | 久久精品一区二区三区日韩 | 日韩精品中文字幕在线 | 久久久精品久久视频只有精品 | 国产三级精品三级 | 交性视频免费看 | 精品一区二区三区免费爱 | 一级爱爱片一级毛片-一毛 一级爱做片免费观看久久 一级白嫩美女毛片免费 | 91成人在线视频 | 精品欧美一区二区在线观看欧美熟 | 91视频国产精品 | 中国美女一级看片 | shkd在线观看 | 欧美一区二区三区免费高 | 日韩国产欧美在线观看一区二区 | 九九成人| 在线观看国产一区二区三区 | 特级欧美视频aaaaaa | 欧美日韩中文国产一区二区三区 | 91tv成人影院免费 | 久久久久一级片 | 久热精品6 | 亚洲在线不卡 | a级日韩乱理伦片在线观看 a级特黄毛片免费观看 | 午夜黄色福利视频 | 国内自拍在线 | 欧美在线观看www | 国产成人精品免费 | 精品日韩欧美一区二区三区 | 欧美视频在线观 | 久久精品a亚洲国产v高清不卡 | 毛片特黄 | 精品国产免费观看久久久 | 亚欧视频在线观看 | 国产在线乱子伦一区二区 | 国产一区在线看 |