Essays on Interpreter

Essay 3

Response: Among the first stories in the first chapter of Managing Organizational Change, the one story that seemed very interesting is the way the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital made a turnaround from suffering from losses and almost laying off employees to making profits upto $1.2 billion. Just about any organization when committed to transparency and a continual improvement in quality should be able to achieve this outcome without any issues. The appointment of a Chief Operating Officer also ensured that medical staff coordinated well with management and met goals in the areas of regulatory compliance and performance assessment. Without ...

Introduction

Culture is the primary factor that distinguishes individuals from each other in different countries and societies. Culture determines how people react to various situations, the acceptable ways of the society as well as their way of carrying out daily activities (Bhui et al., 2007). With the modernization and globalization in the current world, cultural competence and sensitivity have significant impacts on the interaction of the people across the globe. The paper indicates how cultural competence and sensitivity affects the mental health of the client. It is a reflection on how culture influences the interaction of a nurse with the ...

Which of the six change images discussed in this chapter can be identified in the assumptions about managing turnover that were held by

Gunter

On one hand, Gunter can be associated with the image of director. As the manager, he intended to develop the ability to exercise full control over the rate of turnover in the organization. From his perception, Gunter believed that an increased turnover was detrimental to the development of the organization and hence was a major problem that required to be solved. On the other hand, Gunter could be related to the image of the caretaker. As ...

The Epistle to Hebrews is one of the most beautiful parts of the New Testament. While there is no common opinion on its authorship, it is usually attributed to Paul the Apostle The speaker in Hebrews 10 acts as a teacher addressing his message to Jewish Christians who suffered from severe persecution (MacArthur, n.d.). He outlines the benefits of the New Testament in contrast to the old sacrifices (ultimate vs. temporary forgiveness) and urges Hebrews to shore up their faith. According to Mitchell (2007), the message is presented in the form of exposition (10:1-18), suggesting Christ’s superiority to ...

LASA: Evaluation of a Forensic Psychological Report

Abstract This is a research report that provides information about a case and a review that has been analyzed in relation to the conventions and standards in psychological reporting for parole boards. The findings show that there are some limitation and inappropriate levels and measures that have been used. The research could be improved and made more relevant, reliable and understandable. There are some things relating to cultural sensitivity issues like language and consent as well as local community variables that were not put in place. Furthermore, some challenges in the subject under review suggests that there could be ...

Introduction

The Chinese real estate market is currently experiencing a bubble in growth as investors rush to acquire real estate property both within and outside the country. As such, there is a need for effective communication platforms to facilitate the frequent talks and negotiations between China and other countries to take care of the increasing numbers of Chinese investors who want to purchase or invest in real estate properties overseas. In most cases, these negotiations crumble because of the lack of understanding as the buyer and the seller speak two different languages, hence a communication malfunction (Bogucki & Deckert, 2012). Therefore, ...

The Epistle to the Galatians, the Epistle to the Ephesians, the Epistle to the Philippians, the Epistle to the Colossians, the First Epistle to the Thessalonians, and The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians. The Epistle to the Galatians, the Epistle to the Ephesians, the Epistle to the Philippians, the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, the First Epistle to the Thessalonians, and The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians. The Epistle to the Galatians is the ninth book of the New Testament. This book represents a letter from the Apostle Paul to some Christian people of Galatia (Sampley, 2000). Purpose ...

Thanksgiving is a holiday that has been long celebrated over the years but is has had its roots in a cultural and religious perspective. There are many myths that surround the origin of thanksgiving but the most known one is that it was a feast to celebrate the successful fall harvest. The pilgrims celebrated it as they made through the winter and with the great assistance of the Wampanoag tribe, they got a bounty harvest to sustain them to the next winter season (Smith 79-85). The feast took place for three days, usually between September and November, though there ...

Summary in one sentence

In Galileo’s letter to Benedetto Castelli, Galileo has tried to draw attention towards the critical skills and techniques such as information gathered through observations and experiments used by wise interpreters to explain the core concepts and create an understanding of the audience without changing the meaning of the text in the Holy Scripture.

Summary of the logic of the argument in at least five/six sentences

Galileo, in his letter, has tried to emphasize the fact that there are vague scientific concepts in the Holy Scripture, which do not provide complete information. However, God has bestowed humans with senses, intellect, and language to be able to gather information related to specific ...

English as International Language

Analysis of the Article “How English Evolved into a Global Language”

How English Evolved into a Global Language Past decades were outlined by a complex discussion about the role and impact of globalization on various aspects of our life. Globalization is generally defined as a process of internationalization and integration, which comes as a result of a rapid and effective exchange of views, services, ideas, products and other aspects of human culture. The reality shows that one of the major effects of globalization is the internationalization of the world community and increased the mobility of individuals, groups and companies. ...

What is the basis of hermeneutic inquiry?

The basis of hermeneutic inquiry is the use of methods that allow for a deeper level of connection with the content. Rather than being based on a critical inquiry, hermeneutics are developed through a more basic method. Hermeneutics moves beyond simple descriptions in an attempt to better understand what is being communicated or represented within a text. The focus is therefore on making the effort to commit to viewing the content from the point of view of the author. This is done through the establishment of principles that allow for the researcher to develop a more profound attachment to ...

Interpreter’s subjectivity in Business English Negotiations

Abstract The effectiveness and quality of business negotiations has become vitally important as international business becomes increasingly pervasive in the era of economic globalization. Interpreters, as information transmitters, play an influential role in business negotiations. Business interpreters perform multiple functions and carry various purposes during business negotiations, for example, bridging language barriers and relieving tension so as to help clients achieve desirable negotiating results. The quality of business interpreting is not only judged by outstanding language capabilities but also adaptability and flexibility in tackling problems. In the process of negotiating, interpreters, based on faithfulness, deviate from the original language, ...

Discrimination against the deaf is not a new phenomenon. In the past, the deaf have been considered symbols of God’s wrath. They were simply unable to live life as full as other people around them because of their disability. Sign language became a basis by which the deaf were able to communicate with the world. Soon it became instrumental in forming the deaf culture, which constitutes sign language and correlations between the Deaf. The Deaf might be considered disabled by the world, yet they are in their own way, a language minority. This makes them eligible for every ...

Tracy E. Cohen is currently the owner of an educational advocacy agency. (T.Cohen, personal communication, January 26, 2016) However, prior to beginning her company she was a teacher for 20 years working in the field of special education with a specialty in working with children with communication disorders. Mrs. Cohen started the hearing impaired program at Maple Avenue Elementary school. It was the first program for hearing impaired or hearing disabled individuals in the Claremont school district. It began in response to a need expressed by a parent who had a hearing impaired child in the preschool program and ...

Central Issue:

How can John Higgins prove to more effective for Weaver Pharmaceutical, the U.S. Parent drug company in the Weaver-Yamazaki joint venture amid his unusual attachment to the Japanese culture and people?

Recommended Course of Action:

Weaver Pharmaceutical should respect John Higgins’ qualifications and experience and request him to accept an appropriate alternative designation. The company should have discussions with him about his future aspirations and goals and then make this decision. Higgins is very likely to accept staying in Japan for the rest of his life than being expatriated to different geographies or back to U.S. and a suitable designation can be given ...

Treatment of abnormal behavior and culture

Many ways of treating abnormal behavior and culture exist, and they vary from time to time-they are not static so as to remain relevant with time. A psychological intervention is one of the preferred ways. This treatment is performed through psychotherapy that broadly refers to the method of curing that emphasizes an unequivocal focus on the self. Another recognized and commonly used intervention is the cognitive behavioral treatment that emphasizes on the improvement of strategies for training cognitive skills. It relies on this assumption that by changing our thinking, we can change our behaviors, and subordinate versa. These interventions ...

1. Various theories of child development are utilized to examine physical and other aspects of child growth and psychological development. Some major child development theories include maturational theory, Piaget’s cognitive theory and ecological theory, three of several theories that are used to explore child development and learning.

Maturational, or maturationist theory, advanced primarily by Arnold Gesell, is sometimes classified under the broader umbrella of biological theories. Maturational theory, one of the earliest theories that arose from the study of children and their development, is based on the biological maturation of children, or their physical and psychological changes. ...

Introduction

Dona Marina, also called Malintzin, or La Malinche (1496-1529) was an American Indian originating from the Nahua (Aztec) ancestry. Malinche played a very important role during the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish. She was believed to be a princess of the Aztec language (Nahuatl) speaking tribe and was sold as a slave in her youth to the coastal traders because of the family politics.

Malinche’s father, who was a rich and powerful Aztek chief, died when Malinche was still a young child and therefore, her mother got married for the second time and gave birth to a son with her new husband. In ...

Oracle’s Acquisition of Sun Microsystems and SAP’s Acquisition of Sybase

Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion in May, 2009, marking the company’s entry into the hardware market (“Oracle Agrees to Buy Sun,” 2009). This deal entailed that Oracle would pay “$9.50 per share in cash for Sun” (“Oracle Agrees to Buy Sun,” 2009, p. 6), which totaled to a net amount of $5.6 billion of Sun’s debt and cash.

This deal came after Sun rejected an offer from IBM. It also came as a surprise in the computer software world as this would be the first time that Oracle would conduct business in ...

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Cultural Affiliations:

QUESTION 1: The client belongs to American Hispanic or Mexican group. The client has been actively indulged in practising her culture.

QUESTION 2:

The client was born in Mexico. QUESTION 3: Values Orientation: QUESTION 1: The dead are kept in the home overnight dressed in a special costume called as la mortaja so that friends and family can pay their tributes. Health issues are mostly dealt using traditional medicine rather than resorting to allopathic medicine. After birth, ...

Summary and Annotation

Summary Concerning Whitman and the Rhetoric of Democracy, the author examines the poem “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman. DeLancey observes that Whitman begins his poem by appealing to the readers to embrace him. He dissects Whitman’s poem into different parts and discuss the parts systematically. DeLancey notes that Whitman couples subject and object thereby demonstrating what he refers to as the Wordsworthian rhetoric of unity. The Wordsworthian rhetoric of unity refers to a rhetorical aspect where authors’ present different things as one thing, which communicates through them to recognize each with all. Accordingly, the author perceives the ...

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

I. INTRODUCTION In the course of acting as administrator of a victim advocacy agency, there are many instances in which the administrator must interact with individuals of other cultures and other backgrounds. Intimate partner violence occurs across all cultures, regardless of race, age, gender, or cultural status; however, certain societies have normalized intimate partner violence much moreso than American society has. Understanding the normalization of partner violence and the ways that this normalization can hinder women when they seek help for their problems is fundamentally important, particularly when these women are expected to act within the framework of a society ...

The case of Marbury v. Madison

The American legal system is Anglo Saxon and significantly different from the continental legal system, with much broader powers of the Supreme Court, which does not recognize the justice of other countries. The American judicial system is known for being based on the case law, and because of the time the Supreme Court had more weight, while at the end of the judicial power did not become competent to say what law is. The entire American public sovereignty is divided into three mutually independent, equitable, and consistent powers. Framers of the Constitution are, insisted on the independence of ...

Diversity Training and Cross-cultural Professional Development is a global trend in the field of human resource management. It affects the direction taken by human resource managers when they are dealing with employees in the organization and the organizational practices adopted by managers when they recruit or recommend individuals based on their skill. Diversity training and cross-cultural professional development is an area of human resource management concerned with all the available opportunities to learn and programs of education offered by the organization to the employees (Bach and Edwards 20). It also touches on the initiatives taken by organization in various parts ...

Learning about Jhumpa Lahiri’s biography actually helps in understanding where the basis of the story Interpreter of Maladies came from. It could be recognized that with her background as a the daughter of Indian immigrants who was born in London, she was able to see the realities that covered the situation of social minorities in a foreign land. Through noting how she lived with specific differences compared to people she grew up with in her neighborhood, it could be understood why her story on the Interpreter of Maladies took a stand point in introducing what the real life of the minorities ...

In the current modern society, there are numerous issues facing the court and administrative systems, and the trend makes an indication that the future is bound to make a change on numerous issues and aspects. For example, there has been changes with regard to the victims' rights where there has been some issues that have remained the same while others have changed tremendously. The changes in court and administrative systems have changed in tandem with the changing social values, which have changed crime trends. For example, there has been numerous staggering marriages leading to an increase in the number of ...

Introduction

Communication has been highlighted as a key issue in enhancing meaningful relationships. A man and a woman have been culturally assigned certain responsibilities, which they have to accomplish for them to manage life. However, some issues and challenges that come with life may hinder one or both partners from fulfilling their obligations. In such moments, it is usually important for them to talk over the issues and ensure they understand each other. Marriage relationships reach a point where there is a lot of familiarity that each partner expects the other to understand even when they do not explain (Lahiri 15). Such an attitude ...

On April the 19, 2014, I saw Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat at the University of Colorado, in Boulder, Colorado. It was a dramatic musical wherein the cast gave there all to the performance. Everything came together in a culmination of brilliance in an effort to put on a truly extraordinary play. Aside from a few glitches, the play was fantastic. The actors used the original script. The playwright was Tim Rice. Rice also acted as the lyricist for the musical numbers. The composer was the famed Andrew Lloyd Webber. The genres were multiple, listed as a musical, a comedy, and a religious ...

Importance and use of verbal communication

INTRODUCTION The process of communication takes place when there is an exchange of information between a sender and a receiver. In simple words, verbal communication is an act of delivering ideas, messages, views or feelings through the use of mouth. This is the primary way of a direct face to face communication between two or more people. Although all animals communicate, human communication stands apart from the others, as the language through which communication takes place is bestowed with unique qualities such as clarity, emotions and effectiveness.

WHAT IS VERBAL COMMUNICATION?

Language is one of the most crucial aspects of verbal communication, and there are ...

Reflection on Difficulty in Communication

The following is a reflective account of an experience during my placement in critical care in which it was difficult to communicate with the patient. During my placement in a critical care unit, I came across Rachel. Names and identifying information have been changed in order to abide by confidentiality guidelines set by the Nursing and Midwives Council (NMC, 2008). Rachel was brought in to the emergency room after being hit by a car while crossing the street. Suffering from a possible head injury, Rachel’s face was swollen and she could not speak. From the identification documents found on her, I ...

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- The urban population in Africa is growing in line with the global process of urbanization. These processes stimulate the growth of demand for cheap food. Therefore, the street food sector in African cities has been growing rapidly. Constantly growing demand for food accessible to people with low income becomes a reason of creation of new jobs for urban residents. Thus, the problem of the food quality has become increasingly important. The study about safety of street food in Kumasi, Ghana, was held in order to explore local preferences and understanding of food safety and hygiene, how ...

Introduction: Medical Interpreting is not simply conveying message from one language to another; it also involves complying with codes established by the profession using ethical standards. Ethics in medical interpreting profession refers to a set of values or principles that govern the behavior of members in the medical profession. It sets the guidelines for judging what behavior is acceptable and recommended. Ethical standards that must be followed by a medical interpreter include accuracy, respect, financial gain, confidentiality, barriers to familiarity, influence, impartiality and awareness of culture. The Code of Ethics lists down 3 core values: fidelity, beneficence, and respect for cultures ...

Introduction

Communication is an important aspect of socialization, business organizations, teams and even marketing or communicating to the public. Communication is an important part of creating relationships and networks. Communication in teams in an organization helps in the process of effective instructions as well as strategy formation (Pearce, 2009). Communication plays an extremely important role in almost every field and so it is important that there be effective usage of accuracy and power to control in case of communication as this can help in ensuring effective communication (de Valenzuela, 1992). In present times of globalization mass communication is crucial and ...

Cross cultural communication barriers in provision of health care are global problems have been reported in various parts of the world. In provision of personalized care, it is necessary for nurses to consider the cultural identity and needs of patients in their care. It is therefore imperative for the nurse to play an ethical role in providing culturally acceptable care to the patients. The establishment of nurse patient therapeutic connection is dependent on the ability to communicate and share a common interpretation (McCarthy, Cassidy, Graham & Tuohy, 2013). Consequently, the therapeutic communication ought to be a focused and objective association that takes ...

I found the chance to visit the American Association of the Deaf and Blind (AADB), a national organization that helps people who are both blind and deaf. This paper is a presentation of my experience with the organization that o visited one week ago. After completing my college education some years ago, I offered my services as an interpreter at a deaf-blind convention in Bedford, Texas. Specifically, I role was to act as a special service provider for one of the delegates who would be attending the convention. I was more than willing to accept the offer, and the guest would arrive ...

Introduction

Hermeneutics refers to a theory of text interpretation that is mainly concerned with interpretation of wisdom literature, as well as philosophical texts. It is an extremely wide filed as it is concerned with various disciplines such as verbal, nonverbal and written communication. In the modern world, hermeneutics has become extremely useful. It has become an extremely significant tool in the study of human sciences. It has also had extensive influence to the main languages on earth. However, it has been challenged as most reliable research approach by the existence of other methods such as positivists approach defined as the interpretative ...

Multicultural Competencies

Introduction Cultural competency refers to ability of an individual to understand and relate to a foreign culture. Multicultural competency enables has the advantage of enabling individuals to communicate and work with people who belong to other cultures. An individual who is multicultural competent should be able to learn from a foreign language and appreciate the ways and practices of that cultural group of people that speak the foreign language. Initially, every individual is competent in his or her own culture. However, the same individual can only be said to be multicultural competent if he/she is able to understand one or ...

The NSW Health Policy and Procedure document published in 2012 incorporates policy that applies to every branch of the organization, in many cases improving or replacing outmoded directives. Interpreters for the NSW Government are utilized to create means of communication between health care professionals and those that may suffer disabilities or that do not speak fluent English (p. 1) New points of interest include emerging NSW Legislation requiring that the public agencies have the capacity to handle deaf and non-English speaking populations. Building on that foundation, this document directs that interpreters are to be employed in every health ...

Abstract

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a Clause statute. Its main aim is to guarantee that all children with a disability access free and appropriate public education. Each district is given the mandate to create a specialised education program for each child with a disability. An individual and a county have to satisfy certain requirements to obtain funds from the Education for all Handicapped Children board. The petitioner Amy Rowley demanded this hearing after being denied a sign interpreter in her regular classrooms in Furnace Woods. Keywords: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, special education, disability, individualised education program

The Background of the Case

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English and Globalization

English language traces its origin from England in Britain. It is the leading international language that has grown roots in many countries especially those countries that were once colonies of the British. Major world functions are today conducted in English which is then translated into other languages such as French, Germany and Arabic. The spread of English can be attributed to several factors. Many writers and sociolinguists attach the spread of English language to the British colonization of most part of the world in which she left her legacy. Globalization of English is a concept derived from economic, social, political ...

Short Summaries

In Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri provides a collection of short stories about Indian people going through various life experiences. Specifically, Lahiri offers two short stories, “A Temporary Matter” and “This Blessed House”, which show the reader Indian people experiencing with different aspects of married life, i.e., to combat with grief, importance of communicating with each other and significance of compromise over certain issues that led to happy, contended life. “A temporary matter” is a story of young Indian married couple Shobha and Shukumar. They were living a happy married life just before the still birth of their son, after which ...

Sentara is a healthcare organization that aims at providing quality healthcare in many of united sates of America. It is a nonprofit making organization that helps improve the lives of people. In very day life, the management of the organization seeks new and efficient means of ensuring that people receive cheap and quality healthcare services. It has received many rewards as a healthcare organization that provides best services to people. It is associated with safety of patients in the healthcare, quick response to the needs of its customers and fast services to all patients. The welfare of the employees is a major concern. ...

Oral history is a formal presentation of past events by word of mouth. The presentation of this information is done by individuals who are culturally sanctioned bearers of a community’s tradition or culture such as the oldest members of the society. Oral history can also take the form of an informal conversation about the past between family members, coworkers or neighbors. With the introduction of technology, oral history has moved a step further to include printed stories that mainly talk about the past of human beings, their culture and relations. Recorded interviews and printed compilations can only be treated as oral ...

The essence of globalization has in the recent time prompted new challenges in all professional disciplines. Despite the fact that the earth is one, humanity speaks differently exhibiting a common culture of the ancestral origin. Medical practice has vastly been affected by language indifference prompting a redefinition of profession operation in the element of language barrier. This has paved way to the establishment a code of ethics that govern professional medical language. The interpretation process is achieved though codes that are conclusively arguable in the note of what ought to be adopted as the best applicable practice. Based on the practice ...

Introduction

Cultural competence in the nursing profession in America has always been an essential component in offering services to diverse clients. Understanding the client’s values and beliefs as well as understanding one’s culture is deemed effective in nursing care. Cultural competence is an ongoing process where professional nurses acquire about the cultural diverse clients. To achieve cultural competence nurses go through cultural competence training gained from the study of disciplines related to human behavior. There are five constructs that assist nurses develop cultural competence: cultural awareness, cultural skill, cultural knowledge, cultural desire and cultural encounters (Jeffreys, 2010). ...

Constitutional interpretation is the process through which meaning is ascribed to words in a Constitution. Since the decision in Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137, 177 (1805), this duty has been the preserve of the judicial department. Two schools of thought as to the proper manner of interpretation exist; the originalists and non-originalists. Originalists favor a strict and literal interpretation basically based on the intent of the drafters (Ely, 1980). Non-originalists on the other hand favor a liberal interpretation that pays regard to existing circumstances. In my view, a proper interpretation approach is that of the non-originalists. From the onset, ...

Court proceedings are sensitive especially for the defendants and the victims. There needs to be clarity in the minds of all the participants on what is being said and decided. There have been efforts towards better language interpretation practices for the benefits of bilingual or multilingual participants. The victim’s rights should also be respected as it is through them that defendants are arrested and prosecuted.

Language Interpretation and Victim Rights

There have been concerns in the criminal system concerning issues of language interpretation and victim rights. In the nineteenth and twentieth century there has been an influx of people to the United States. ...

Introduction

The story "This Blessed House" was published in 1999. The author of this short story is Jhumpa Lahiri, personality’s difference and marriage is the main theme of this article was discussed in short story. The short story has two main characters, Sanjeev and Tanima who have recently engage. Tanima the bride is also called Twinkle in the short story. The two are Indian couples who have moved to their new house (Lahiri 53). The two newlywed couples find married life very challenging and indeed it becomes difficult for them to cope with it. Before they got marriage ...

Evaluating Communication Theory in Relation to Audience and Message

Communication theory explains how people are influenced by the communication methods, the communication subtle ques as well as processes involved in communication (Suresh, 2003). The basic theory of communication has four dimensions for the translators. They include the source or author or the speaker, the message, the channel and the audience or destination. In order for the message to reach the audience, there must be a channel through which to travel. When considered technically, the communicator is referred to as the conductor, the message be it words, signs, or pictures are referred to as symbols the channel can be the ...

Introduction

As observed by the United Nations Convention, most of the international sanctions originate from political situations between two or more countries that share a common trade base or interact in business and commercial activities. Sanctions are thus defined as restrictions that are imposed on countries for political reasons but directly affect the economic situations in the affected country or the well being of the citizens involved. The international law of contract seems to care less about the effect of these sanctions on the citizens, who most of the time have no direct role in the cause of the differences in ...

William Faulkner is an American writer from the state of Mississippi, Oxford who lived between 1897 and 1962. He is regarded as one of most important Southern Literature writers of the United States. During his lifetime, he was credited for writing and publishing a great volume of poetry, novels, short stories, essays and screenplays. His collection of short stories and novel is the most popular. He also won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949 for his contribution to the field of American Literature (O’Connor 1). This paper focuses on the most important works of William Faulkner, his literary ...

According to the ASHA, as few as 2 percent of licensed SLPs in any given state are also bilingual. Given the fact that there is already a critical shortage of SLPs throughout the school systems in the United States, who are skilled in English, this makes teaching and learning especially difficult for English Language Learners. A study in Colorado asked 154 SLPs who served children coming from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds about their comfort level working in a diverse environment (Guiberson & Atkins, 2012). The outcome of the study was that the SLPs felt comfortable when the diversity was of a ...