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Mercedes Pacheco

@mprmed.bsky.social
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MPR MEDICAL TRANSLATOR - EN/ES Translator - Interpreter - Qualified Member of ITI - ISO 17100:2015 Qualified - IAPTI

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
This is a superb short video on the consequences of the ongoing destruction of American science. Please watch and circulate. @sebastianseung.bsky.social is fantastic here. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I was explaining a treatment plan to a patient, and their partner told me to talk slowly because they were typing what I was saying into chatgpt to "verify" there wasn't a better alternative. In case you are wondering the stage of mess we are in with LLMs. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Man who asked ChatGPT about cutting out salt from his diet was hospitalized with hallucinations
A case study in a medical journal reported that the 60-year-old man replaced sodium chloride with sodium bromide after consulting the AI bot.
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NPR @npr.org · 24/08/2025
The Trump administration has moved to end temporary protected status for immigrants from Honduras and other countries. Among them are health care workers tending to older and disabled people.
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She's cared for America's elderly for decades. Trump wants her gone by Sept. 8
The Trump administration has moved to end temporary protected status for immigrants from Honduras and other countries. Among them are health care workers tending to older and disabled people.
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ITI Interpreters' Development Network @idn-iti.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Greetings from our brand new Bluesky account. Spread the word if you can. 😊 #1nt #TerpLove And don't forget, we have an event tomorrow that is all about #cash. www.ticketsource.co.uk/iti-interpre...
Picture of Johnny Cash walking away from the camera and carrying his guitar case.
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Tony Rosado, CI @rpstranslations.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
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How Generative AI And LLMs Are Reinventing Our Vocabulary Such That We Might Lose Our Grasp On Human Languages
Some say that AI is going to modify our vocabulary, possibly to the degree that we no longer use human-devised words. Good or bad? Here's the insider scoop.
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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Bookings are still open for our 2025 summer workshop on 6-8 June! 🌞 Join us to discuss sustainability with Marjolein Thickett, Lorraine Ishak and Aida Ferrer in Dumfries. Tasty food 🥙, a friendly bunch to network with 🙋‍♂️, engaging CPD 👩‍🏫, a joyful ceilidh💃 and a walk. What's not to like? rb.gy/ejlxny
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Summer Workshop 2025 - ITI ScotNet
07/06/2025 @ All Day - ITI Scottish Network invites you to its summer workshop on S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y W I T H AIDA FE R R E R  A G U I L A R , M A R J O L E I N  T H I C [...]
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Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) @cchicertify.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
World Immunization Week, observed April 24-30, aims to highlight the collective action needed to protect people from vaccine-preventable diseases. www.who.int/campaigns/world-immuniz…
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ITI Interpreters' Development Network (old account) @iti-idn.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Here are the full details for our next event: Cash is King - cashflow and cash forecasting for sole traders and limited companies with Martin Mellor Thursday 29 May 2025 5-7pm BST Tickets available at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/iti-interpre...
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Mercedes Pacheco @mprmed.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Prepared for a full week of interpretation at an international medical summit! #medicalinterpreting
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Mercedes Pacheco @mprmed.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Exciting news! Since Friday, I’m the Deputy Coordinator of the ITI MedNet, alongside Allison Hill Campbell as Coordinator. MedNet has been key in my career l, and I’m thrilled to give back. Alison is brilliant, professional, and kind—looking forward to working together! #ITI #medxl8 #xl8 #1nt #t9n
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Tony Rosado, CI @rpstranslations.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
www.heise.de/en/news/YouT...
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YouTube auto-dubbing: Robotic translation annoys users and cannot be turned off
YouTube relies on an automatic feature that translates foreign-language videos poorly into German. Even premium payers cannot turn it off permanently.
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ITI Interpreters' Development Network (old account) @iti-idn.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Our 19 March online event on speech-to-text interpreting and live subtitling now also features in the @iti-uk.bsky.social events calendar: www.iti.org.uk/training/eve... #1nt 1/3
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Interpreters' Development Network: Speech-to-text interpreting
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ITI Interpreters' Development Network (old account) @iti-idn.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Interpreters' Social - Meet & Network in London on 15 March 2025, organised by Bruno Musarra, Lara Fasoli & Sabrina Toscani #1nt docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Social event for interpreters - 15th March
Fill out this form to show your interest and you’ll be added to a mailing list through which you’ll receive updated on exact timings and venue.
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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Scotnet's spring workshop in Edinburgh on the 22 March Led by translator Tim Gutteridge, we will discuss how to work with direct clients from a translator/interpreter perspective. All info is available on our website. Registrations via eventbrite. Join us! 🤗 itiscotland.org.uk/events/sprin...
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Spring Workshop 2025 - ITI ScotNet
22/03/2025 @ 09:30 - 13:00 - ITI Scottish Network invites you to its spring workshop: Working with direct clients with TIM GUTTERIDGE To be held at The Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh on Saturday, 22 ...
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 27/01/2025
"Holocaust remembrance is a profoundly unifying act." On #HolocaustMemorialDay, UofG Law lecturers Dr Henry Lovat and Dr Mia Spiro reflect on the power of education about genocide and historical memory for @thescotsmanpaper.bsky.social. www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Holocaust Memorial Day: A terrible reminder of the danger of dehumanising minorities and foreigners
Remembering the Holocaust and the horrors of death camps like Auschwitz is a profoundly unifying act, write Dr Henry Lovat and Dr Mia Spiro
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The University of Bath @uniofbath.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Memes are more than just funny pictures. Emily Godwin from the School of Management at the University of Bath has researched the role memes have in strengthening online conspiracy theorist communities. buff.ly/4aBjG64 #Memes #Research #ConspiracyTheories
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Jan Rausch 🦁🐝 @interrausch.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#WeRemember #NeverAgain
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Tony Rosado, CI @rpstranslations.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
www.mentalfloss.com/posts/most-s...
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The Most-Spoken Language Besides English and Spanish in Every State, Mapped
The analysis from WordFinderX revealed some fascinating trends.
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Mercedes Pacheco @mprmed.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Plans for March? Join our Orthopaedics Workshop on Friday, 28 March 2025 in Cardiff! Attend in person for perks like hans-on session & networking, or join us online! Open to all, even non-MedNet members #medlx8 #t9n #1nt Check out this event on Universe www.universe.com/events/heads...
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Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes; an Orthopaedic Odyssey
Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes; an Orthopaedic Odyssey by ITI Medical & Pharmaceutical Network - Friday, March 28, 2025 10:00 AM at Fairwater Rd, Cardiff CF5 2LN, UK. Buy tickets and find informatio...
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Mercedes Pacheco @mprmed.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Are you an ITI MedNet member? Or curious about the benefits of joining our network? Don’t miss this online lesson—free for members and just £5 for non-members! #medxl8 #t9n #xl8 #1nt www.universe.com/events/uncov...
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Uncovering MedNet's Hidden Treasures
Uncovering MedNet's Hidden Treasures by ITI Medical & Pharmaceutical Network - Monday, January 27, 2025 12:00 PM. Buy tickets and find information on Universe.
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Percy Balemans 📚 @creative-xl8.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Excellent article in The New Yorker by Max Norman: according to translator Damion Searls (of Nobel laureate Jon Fosse), translation isn’t about transforming or reflecting a text, but about conjuring one’s experience of it. #translation #xl8 #LiteraryTranslation www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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What Does a Translator Do?
Damion Searls, who has translated a Nobel laureate, believes his craft isn’t about transforming or reflecting a text. It’s about conjuring one’s experience of it.
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Institute of Translation and Interpreting @iti-uk.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
A new report highlights issues with interpreters and people’s experiences of using them while attempting to access immigration justice in Wales. In an unregulated system like the UK, the minimum standards for public service interpreters need to be higher to protect the most vulnerable. #1nt
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Interpreters – Experiences of Justice: seeking legal help for immigration and asylum in Wales - Bevan Foundation
Part 5 of the Bevan Foundation's new report series highlights the issues and experiences of using interpreters in migration justice.
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The University of Bath @uniofbath.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Professor Margaret Heffernan from the University of Bath School of Management explores how artists cope while earning an average of £12,500 a year. Read more below.
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Earning half the minimum wage: new report reveals pressures on artists to sustain creative life
The arts are not a nice-to-have luxury. They play a crucial role in the UK economy, and precarious poverty should not be the inevitable lot of an artist’s life.
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Jan Rausch 🦁🐝 @interrausch.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
You can register here: commission.europa.eu/ec-events/in...
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Interpreting Europe Conference
Interpreting Europe Conference 2025
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Jan Rausch 🦁🐝 @interrausch.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
6-7 February 2025 Conference Interpreting Europe 2025. AI x AI. Artificial Intelligence for Augmented Interpretation. Draft programme: t.co/ewjGdWvHFi #1nt #AI
European commission flyer for:
Conference Interpreting Europe 2025. AI x AI. Artificial Intelligence for Augmented Interpretation. 6 & 7 February 2025
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Tony Rosado, CI @rpstranslations.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Always remember!
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Mercedes Pacheco @mprmed.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
2024 has been an intense and rewarding year. Thank you to everyone who trusted in my work and allowed me to be the bridge connecting worlds and enabling communication. Here’s to an even better 2025! #happynewyear #1nt #t9n #healthcare #medical
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Gabriel Cabrera @gabrielcabrera.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
La #InterpretaciónTelefónica en los servicios públicos también te muestra la desigualdad en Navidad. Hoy mucha gente está llamando para pedir un adelanto de sus prestaciones aludiendo que no tienen nada para pasar la Nochebuena.
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Tony Rosado, CI @rpstranslations.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
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Think you know the differences between UK and US spelling? Take our quiz
From beer and facial hair to stomach bugs and car parts, test your knowledge of English’s transatlantic idiosyncrasies
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Mercedes Pacheco @mprmed.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
¡Felices fiestas! #happyholidays #merrychristmas
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Jan Rausch 🦁🐝 @interrausch.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Conference Interpreting Explained #1nt
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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 13/12/2024
The Authors Guild believes it is crucial that authors, not publishers or tech companies, have control over the licensing of AI rights. AI training is NOT publishing, and a publishing contract does not in any way grant that right. Read our statement: authorsguild.org/news/ai-lice...
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AI Licensing for Authors: Who Owns the Rights and What’s a Fair Split? - The Authors Guild
The Authors Guild believes it is crucial that authors, not publishers or tech companies, have control over the licensing of AI rights. Authors must be able to choose whether they want to allow their w...
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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
PSA for my translator friends and colleagues: if you use the CAT tool Phrase, it has updated its privacy policy to allow it to use your data to train AI. www.loekalization.com/blog/blog/20... #xl8
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From Confidential to Controversial: How Phrase is Turning Your Work into AI Freebies – Loekalization Blog
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Chartered Institute of Linguists @ciol-linguists.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
CIOL Conference, March 2025: 2 in-person events in London and 1 online, all offering unique insights from language professionals. Prices are frozen and early bird is open: book now! www.ciol.org.uk/ciol-conference-season-2025 #CIOL #Conference #Networking #Translators #Interpreters #Linguists #CPD
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Mercedes Pacheco @mprmed.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Professional interpreters ensure cultural context, accuracy, and nuance are maintained in critical, high-stress situations. In courtrooms, misinterpretation can mean wrongful convictions. In healthcare, it can lead to life-threatening mistakes. #LanguageMatters #HumanLivesMatter #InterpretingMatters
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Rob Drummond @robdrummond.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Losing our voice? Fears AI tone-shifting tech could flatten communication
As Apple Intelligence rollout continues, linguists say tools to rewrite texts and emails add ‘extra layer of inauthenticity’
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Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
⭐NEW PUBLICATION⭐ Equivocal diagnostics: Making a 'good' point-of-care test for elimination in global health Read the full publication below ⤵️ buff.ly/4ileLK9
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Mercedes Pacheco @mprmed.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
We are testing the waters here and hoping to see more of the networks and ITI members joining Bluesky. We can also be found on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/iti-...), Facebook (www.facebook.com/ITIScotNet/) and, of course, our website: itiscotland.org.uk.
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ITI Scottish Network @itiscotnet.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Hello, future followers! We are the ITI Scottish Network, part of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI) in the United Kingdom, with over 100 members working in 25 languages. Run by volunteers, we offer support, CPD and events for translators and interpreters based in/around Scotland.
A hilly Scottish landscape with green grass and brown heather patches in the forefront, a few scattered small trees and bushes, darker brown patches towards the top of the hills and a higher greenish hill top at the back against a light blue sky with two white fluffy clouds to either side.
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Percy Balemans 📚 @creative-xl8.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Same problems with #interpreting and #translation services in the courts in both the UK and the Netherlands: language professionals leaving the profession because of low rates due to contracts with large agencies. @ciol-linguists.bsky.social @ortv.bsky.social www.ciol.org.uk/letter-lord-...
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| CIOL (Chartered Institute of Linguists)
The cross-party House of Lords Public Services Committee has written to the Lord Chancellor. The letter draws on written and oral evidence from the Chartered Institute of Linguists, as well as evidenc...
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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
‘Scotland has always been multilingual’: new Scottish makar Peter Mackay www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d... via @theguardian.com #scottish #gaelic #gàidhlig #langsky
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‘Scotland has always been multilingual’: new Scottish makar Peter Mackay
As new national poet, the Gaelic speaker is looking at all of the languages spoken in the country, to see ‘what we can learn between them’
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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Interview: The British #translator of #Asterix on one of her toughest French challenges yet www.connexionfrance.com/magazine/int... via connexionfrance.com #xl8 #literary #translation #langsky
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Interview: The British translator of Asterix on one of her toughest French challenges yet
The Connexion speaks to Adriana Hunter as she prepares to tackle the poetic bestseller Son odeur après la pluie
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ITI Interpreters' Development Network (old account) @iti-idn.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Thank God it's Friday, and we're on @bsky.app now! ☺️ Spread the word if you're as interested in interpreting as we are... #1nt
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ITI Interpreters' Development Network (old account) @iti-idn.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Delighted Tianyun Li & @agachmiel.bsky.social have agreed to present the findings of "Automatic subtitles increase accuracy and decrease cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting" live for the first time in our next webinar. Includes Q&A. #1nt 6 Dec 5pm GMT: www.ticketsource.co.uk/iti-interpre...
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"Do automatic subtitles help interpreters? Cutting-edge research findings and discussion." at Online
Tickets are now available for Do automatic subtitles help interpreters? Cutting-edge research findings and discussion. at Online, Online on Friday 6th December 2024 at 5:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
So I just tried out skyfollowerbridge.com to move some of my followers from The Other Place. It was a smooth process - highly recommended! (And the picture is just here to catch your attention.) #skyrecommend #migration
Picture of a narrow bridge in a jungle, made of wood and ropes.
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Jan Rausch 🦁🐝 @interrausch.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The University of Surrey now offers an MA in Interpreting, Technology and AI. #1nt #AI www.surrey.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Interpreting, Technology and AI MA masters course | University of Surrey
Our course will give you advanced interpreting skills in all interpreting modes, including consecutive, simultaneous, dialogue and distance interpreting.
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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11... via @japantimes.co.jp #tourism #language #Japan #langsky
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Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
With the number of inbound visitors rapidly increasing, rural areas are facing the urgent challenge of securing transportation options for tourists.
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Mercedes Pacheco @mprmed.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Remote medical interpreting: a double-edge sword in health care communication #1nt #healthcare #RSI #RCI
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Mercedes Pacheco @mprmed.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Remote medical interpreting: a double-edge sword in health care communication #1nt #healthcare #RSI #RCI
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