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FOREIGN ACCENTS - hrlygrl


Posted: Jul 28, 2010

Any advice or recommendations on understanding foreign accents?

get their standards and study their field - ddd

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I had the same problem with a new account with a lot of indian doctors. If you are able to read some of their old reports while listening to their dictation, it becomes SO much easier.

Got ESLs? - Best Advice

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Shoot the report full of blanks, refuse to learn how to interpret. You are a transcriptionist not a translator.

The better you are at mucking a stall, the more mucking you have to do and the less you will earn.

Got ESLs?

Say, "I'm sorry, I can't understand this work." Shoot it full of blanks and return it. No matter how much these companies want to shove it down our throat and make understanding difficult dictators our problem, the fact is, it just isn't.

ahh....an MT after my own heart. If they come to the USA sm - yochana

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then let them learn the language!!!!!!


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