The language barrier of Canadian immigrants is becoming more and more serious.

With the increase of immigrants from Canada, various problems caused by cultural and language barriers are becoming more and more obvious. The sanitation of Prince Edward Island has a deep understanding. At present, they are seeking to solve the problems of language barriers and difficulties for patients to seek medical treatment in hospitals and clinics. According to reports, the P.E.I Association for New Comers said that the language barrier in medical care has become a thorny issue, especially in places like emergency rooms. Although the association provides basic translation services, these translators are not certified and cannot solve particularly complicated medical problems.

? For example, the patient has completed the test and was diagnosed with cancer. Craig Mackie, executive director of the New Immigrants Association, said? We translators can't handle this situation, because first of all, they don't know the technical terms, and secondly, they have nothing to do with the patients and don't know each other, which is inappropriate. ?

And the list goes on. Jolin？ Jolene Chen immigrated to Prince Edward Island 17 years ago. She studies English in Hong Kong. Because of her good spoken English, she often accompanied other immigrants from China to see a doctor and treat diseases, including her mother. However, even people with English language experience like her often encounter words that cannot be translated or understood.

? This is very different from daily communication, because there are too many medical terms. Chen said, how about it? Even if you know English, many times you can't understand it at all and can't translate it. ?

In order to solve similar problems, the health department of Prince Edward Island Province is trying to certify the mode that translators provide services by telephone. In this way, no matter in the emergency room, health center or operating room, there can be specialized translators. At present, they are still trying to recruit bilingual medical staff, but with the influx of immigrants from more than 60 countries and languages, this effort is obviously not enough.