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The first interpreter was sloppy. The second one was actually dangerous. The woman said that "I accept the risk of dying", and she translated it as "I'm okay with the procedure". I know that she technically saved the woman's life, but the opposite could happen.

I don`t think she can be called an interpreter. That was hard to look at and listen to!

Both of those are examples of family members acting as interpreters.

I think that was intended to show a bad example

Nope. Intoxicado usually means that something you ate or drank made you sick. Doctors thought he was saying intoxicated as in drugs or alcohol. So they were treating him for something that he didn't have, which delayed the diagnosis (blod clot in the brain), which resulted in the guy become quedraplejic.

It's an example not real life scenario,, calm your tits

Same happened with the Spanish

In Canada? I am looking for one!...could u explain?

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a really good review on what not to do!! lol

u didnt watch the whole video lmao

Did you watch the video from start to end?! Véalo! Luego critica

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Usually intoxicado in Spanish refers to food poisoning. Intoxicated into Spanish would be borracho, tomado, drogado,

there are many spanish speaking countries, and intoxicado doesn't mean the same in all of them. That is why the interpreter is a cultural facilitator.

@@amgp634 No, "intoxicado" means food poisoning in every Spanish-speaking country, maybe Chicanos use it as "drunk" but it does not make it correct. The words "ebrio" and "drogado" mean "intoxicated" in English. Neutral Spanish is used when translating for a Hispanic for that same reason that there are many cultures, and as translators and interpreters we are well aware of that.

@@naibean No, intoxicado does not mean food poisoning, that would be "intoxicación alimentaria" if someone just says "está intoxicado" they are talking about being poisoned in general but not necessarily "food poisoning". They can also be referring to drugs

Médical terminology if they said borracho they will take a blood test to see what grade of alcohol he has ..so was a hospital negligence.

The second clip was an example of a family member acting as translator, which is discouraged and leads to mistakes.