STUDY OBJECTIVE To compare interpreter errors and their potential consequences in encounters with professional versus ad hoc versus no interpreters. METHODS This was a cross-sectional error analysis of audiotaped emergency department (ED) visits during 30 months in the 2 largest pediatric EDs in Massachusetts. Participants were Spanish-speaking limited-English-proficient patients, caregivers,...

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT New Zealand is becoming more ethnically diverse, with more limited English proficiency (LEP) people. Consequently there are more primary care consultations where patients have insufficient English to communicate adequately. Because effective communication is essential for good care, interpreters are needed in such cases. ASSESSMENT OF PROBLEM The literature on the use o...

Interpreters • Transitional abstract interpreters: proceed by induction

Romer et al (ASPLOS 96) examined several interpreters and concluded that they behave much like general purpose integer programs such as gcc. We show that there is an important class of interpreters which behave very diierently. EEcient virtual machine interpreters perform a large number of indirect branches (3.2%{13% of all executed instructions in our benchmarks, taking up to 61%-79% of the cy...

Romer et al (ASPLOS 96) examined several interpreters and concluded that they behave much like general purpose integer programs such as gcc. We show that there is an important class of interpreters which behave very differently. Efficient virtual machine interpreters perform a large number of indirect branches (3.2%–13% of all executed instructions in our benchmarks, taking up to 61%-79% of the...

Consultations through interpreters in the medical outpatient department of a Nigerian hospital were tape-recorded. These recordings were translated completely into English and transcribed, and the performance of the interpreters was analysed. The interpreters often did not provide word-for-word translations of what the doctor or patient had said. Some of these deviations were helpful, but other...

the principles of quran interpretation are amongst the most important issues in the field of quran studies. these principles have always been addressed by both quran researchers, admirers and especially by notable interpreters. principles of interpretation are axioms and basic beliefs that quran interpretation stands on them. these beliefs and propositions affect the very principle of the possi...

Modular interpreters are a crucial first step towards component-based language development: instead of writing language interpreters from scratch, they can be assembled from reusable, semantic building blocks. Unfortunately, traditional language interpreters can be hard to extend because different language constructs may require different interpreter signatures. For instance, arithmetic interpr...