The globalization of the world, in terms of economic convergence, greater political participation between different groups and nations and greater cultural interchange has tremendously enhanced the role of translators and translation. ... Seen from a cultural perspective, translation takes on the role of being a facilitator of understanding between races and people. ... In the healthcare setting, a translator serves as an interpreter, and in order to be competent, such individuals must be "bilingual, bi-cultural and understand the English medical vocabulary " and at the same time it has been...

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