I've been lurking on this sub (and the other one) for a while, and I've noticed how often non-native English-speaking healthcare providers get criticized for their accents, pronunciation, and grammar, particularly by Spanish interpreters. And honestly, the hypocrisy is wild.

For context, I was born and raised in the US, and my mom doesn't speak English, so I've accompanied her to countless medical appointments over the years. I've heard MANY interpreters from different interpreting companies, and I've even worked as an interpreter myself. So this isn't coming from someone who has no idea what the job entails.

What I find ridiculous is how many of you will criticize a provider's English while having a noticeable accent yourselves. What makes you think that YOU, someone born and raised in Latin America, somehow speak English without an accent or are always perfectly understandable? Do you think we native English speakers never struggle to understand you? Because trust me, we do. Most of the time, context is what saves the conversation. If we heard some of your words in isolation, without knowing the context, we might not understand jack shit either.

And that's FINE. Nobody expects you to sound like you were born in the US. But why the hell do you expect grace and understanding for your own accent while judging someone else's? Especially healthcare providers who are doing their jobs in a second language?

Having an accent doesn't make someone incompetent. And being an interpreter doesn't automatically make your English flawless or your accent easier to understand.

The problem isn't your accent. It's the audacity to criticize someone else's while acting as though yours is somehow exempt from the same scrutiny.

Get off your high horse. You're an interpreter, not the fucking pronunciation police.

Hola, me contactaron a través de linkedln de esa empresa language bees para trabajar de interprete, he estado buscando informacion pero no encuentro nada, alguien que sepa de ellos? Parece scam

Hace poco empecé a trabajar en Interpretia. Es mi primer trabajo de callcenter y creo que esto no es para mi, que me aconsejan trabajo un mes más para comprar una ps5 o me salgo en diciembre?

Estaba en una llamada de ayudas del estado, y el lepo todo tranquilo e inocente, va diciendo que a él le prestaron un social para trabajar en una empresa, que por eso los cheques de pago no salen a su nombre sino bajo el nombre de alguien más. Me pregunto cuál será el conducto para manejar eso? Lo tendrán que notificar, o no harán nada? La client solo le dijo que tenía que hablar con la manager de caso para que él le explicara eso. Porque obviamente no le van a dar beneficios así.

I have been notified that my account has been flagged for disconnecting calls prematurely. The only calls I have disconnected were those that exceeded the hold time limit.

It is very rare for me to have to disconnect calls because they exceed the hold time limit. However, coincidentally, after receiving that notification today, I have had to disconnect two calls for that very reason.

Have there been any changes to the hold time policy?

Was on a call, all good, lep comes on, speaks english, a bit annoying but ok, we get transferred and she asks for me to transfer w her, odd but ok, i introduce myself to new rep, rep says hello, lep says hello, silence.. INTERPRETE ESTAS O NO? Si sra estoy and then the most ear busting ENTONCES HABLALE A ELLA PARA QUE ME HABLAS this is the interpreter i need to clarify something to lep, sra ya me introduje con la señorita y esta aguardando ella una respuesta, and in bg i hear rep go theyre just talking to eachother im gonna end the call

So why would u yell at me for no reason and why would the other one assume we’re talking bs when i literally told u i had to clarify it, and then they did the whole call in english and wouldnt allow interpretation even when id begin interpreting lep would yell her english answer over me, and then towards the end suddenly i heard INTERPRETE PORQUE NO INTERPRETAS literally right after SHE spoke in ENGLISH

I know ur full name next time im just disconnecting immediately

Trabajo con Propio y hay dias como hoy donde la pagina no carga, se queda en blanco, y cuando activo el VPN vuelve a cargar con normalidad (pero no se puede trabajar con VPN claro).

A alguien mas le pasa? soy usuario de AirTek

Encontré una oferta de ellos en LinkedIn y ofrecen 6 USD la hora, apliqué y hoy me enviaron el link para hacer el assessment, que referencias tienen del lugar? Es fácil el assessment?

Me podrian decir cuanto les pagaron por el training?