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Chernobyl Kids Arrive on 21 June, Translators Needed 22 June
Don DePalma
Is your Russian good enough to translate English-language medical records? I’d like to ask for your help translating medical records for the Chernobyl kids coming to the Boston, Massachusetts area this summer.
The children arrive in Boston on 21 June for this unique program
described in my previous GALAxy article. The first trips to medical
clinics start the next day and continue until their departure a month
later. Their visits to various doctors and clinics generate 5 to 10
pages of records for each child. The Chernobyl Children Project strives
to send the kids back with translations into Russian of their records so
local doctors can read the recommendations of the Boston specialists and
know what treatments they received while in the States.
I am
helping the Chernobyl Children Project improve the process for getting
these documents translated before the kids leave for home. Unlike the
usual client who wants you to work for next to nothing, this project
expects you to work for nothing. Everything is pro bono. Thus far we
have received donations of software and equipment from ScanSoft and are
staging the installation of SDL’s TermBase Online to help with the
medical terminology. Once we get that software installed, I will ask
suppliers for English-Russian medical glossaries.
We need people
who can each commit to translating as many sets of records as they have
time. Typically, translators have translated documents for one to three
kids – anywhere from five to 30 pages. If you live in the Boston area,
you could also help out with interpreting for the kids as they visit
clinics and doctors. Any help would be greatly appreciated by the kids,
the Chernobyl Children Project, and by the residents of the Chernobyl
area.
Please contact me at
don@commonsenseadvisory.com or +1.978.256.7621 if you need more
information or would like to volunteer.
Don DePalma is president of Common Sense Advisory, Inc.