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Cultural competence tip
The Southern-Hemisphere-born-and-raised immigrant to the US says: “Please do not speak to me in “season” language. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter do not happen at the same time for me… Talk to me in...
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Here is to 2013! ¡Brindo por 2013!
Here is to our paths crossing, a toast with champagne or coffee. For my family, the one that is close, the one that is far. And for each one of my friends, colleagues, and partners that share my...
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STAT For Maria, Medical Interpreter in Atlanta, Georgia
Calling all interpreters, our professional associations: MING! AAIT!, interpreting department managers, coordinators, anybody aware of the true value that healthcare and medical interpreters bring to...
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Helping Maria, Medical Interpreter
Many of you have asked how to help Maria, here is how: Thank you for any help you are able to send Maria’s way. Please make checks payable to Maria Finol, and on the back of your check please write For...
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Guest Blogger
I accepted Connecting Cultures invite to blog about my upcoming presentation in TAPIT-TAMIT Conference on Saturday 2014.09.13. Thank you! <a href="http://LLanguage & Microagression: healthcare...
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Leticia Molinero – Article about the Spanish in the US
(Leticia Molinero es Miembro Numerario de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española Presidenta, Comisión para el estudio de la norma lingüística del español de los Estados Unidos Copresidenta,...
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Short immigrant story
My identity gained a new layer the very same day I became a mother in this foreign land. I was no longer a visitor or a passing guest. Me, the immigrant. It is plausible I was living as a tourist...
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#ATA55 almost here
Todos los años sucede igual, que es caro, que las horas de trabajo, que… y cuando se acerca la fecha de la Conferencia de ATA (Chicago, IL) me alegra muchísimo haber hecho la inversión. Este año en...
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Observation #48: Immigrant experience
December 2014-January 2015 Montevideo (Uruguay): Storms are fierce, powerful, and take you by surprise. They pass by quickly and give way to cooler, bright, sunshiny days. Atlanta, Georgia (United...
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Translator’s Stress!
I am always thinking on new ways to explain what we do, and when I say we, this time I am referring only to translators, certified or otherwise validated, graduated, licensed, etc. In general, I think...
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Free Admission
Why do we believe stuff that’s not true? he said & I said because it’s easier than admitting we don’t know. Which is a lot closer to reality. – Brian Andreas
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Relative perspective
Twice a week I get lost in a track loop, while parents of kids of all ages chat about the important other stuff. I have my ears covered by my eighties music, blasting at a safe level, I mouth the...
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Core people and the therapist
We are the result of the many different people we were since we were born. Our ultimate task: integration of all those identities. We are in relation to other people, we become who we are moment by...
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What really matters
Wonderful, insightful experience at “Freud meets Buddha” summit.Gabor Maté reminded me of what I fundamentally stand for professionally (psychologist/counselor/translator) and personally: We heal...
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Technology and human evolution
Great presentation about Sexual Evolution by Robert Weiss. Another inspiring moment: as professionals, we need to understand the digital culture. Our families and clients live in another, parallel...
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Anger management
“There is no way to love freely, to experience freedom in loving, when you cannot feel your feelings, and anger is just that, a feeling.” Carol Gilligan, The birth of pleasure If we “manage” anger, do...
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Giving thanks
I like this tradition in my adoptive country, having a minute to stop and give way to the people that are positive influences, for those that shared a little bit or a long way in our paths.
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