A pilot study of language and culture mediation in medical interpreting at border crossing points in Moscow, Russia

The paper analyzes provision of medical interpreting services at border crossing points in the Russian Federation. It is argued in the article that medical interpreting at border crossing points should be viewed as linguacultural mediation in the context close to emergency situations, which requires...

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Main Authors: Larisa Lutskovskaia, Anastasia Atabekova, Ekaterina Zvereva, Olga Gorbatenko, Elena Kalashnikova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-02-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844018345389