[NPInfo] very cool translation web site

[Amy Kinzie ANP]

thank you for this feedback. I will look into these alternative sites.
Amy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Margaret Allen" <pegallen67 at yahoo.com>
To: "NP Info" <npinfo at nurse.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [NPInfo] very cool translation web site


Medical librarians evaluating this site have all noted that it is not 
accurate for medical translation.  The best way to find health information 
in other languages is to check the sites listed on the "Other languages" 
page at http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html - site includes a 
search engine that searches across all sites listed.

For Russian, one of the listed sites is specific to diabetes.

Some of the sites, particularly Healthy Roads Media (multiple languages, 
including some in Russian; these can be saved to disk) and the Medline Plus 
tutorials (English and Spanish), include online multimedia where you don't 
have to know the language to explain something.  In addition, a qualified 
interpreter should be able to translate English multimedia.

Hope this helps - Peg

Peg Allen, Library Consultant
P.O. Box 2, Stratford, WI, 54484
715-687-4976
www.pegallen.net   pegallen67 @ yahoo.com
Coordinator, Hmong Health Education Network, www.hmonghealth.org

----- Original Message ----
From: Amy Kinzie ANP <amynp at comcast.net>
To: npInfo <npinfo at nurse.net>; ACC-Circle at listserve.com; NP Clinical 
<np-clinical at nurse.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:59:45 AM
Subject: [NPInfo] very cool translation web site

In searching the web tonight for patient teaching information on Type 1 DM 
for a Russian patient, I stumbled across a site that is very cool and easy 
to use. there is a block for entering text in english, and then the option 
to translate into a number of languages. I can envision being able to get 
more accurate responses to my questions or teachings by translating 
information on the spot during a visit (presuming a computer is available 
with internet access.

check it out and see what you think....

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Amy Kinzie, ANP
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Thyroid
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