Type 2 Diabetes

Difficulty: Advanced
Domain: Medical
Subdomain: Endocrinology
Environment: Hospital Room

Region: USA

Time Estimate:: 28 min.
Avg. Length per Line:: 11 sec.

Introductory Summary: Ms. Navarro was recently hospitalized after falling into a diabetic coma.

Disclaimer:: This text is an original work of fiction based on real scenarios. Any similarities between people or places are purely coincidental.

Participants

Abbr.	Role	Language(s)
Int	Interpreter	en-US es-VE
Pt	Patient	es-MX
DE	Certified Diabetes Care and Education Sp	en-US

Contributors

Authors

Kelly Grzech

Nanyi Mateo

Editors

Devin Gilbert

Yohana Imperio

Audio Engineer

Omar Mendoza

Voice Actors

Interpreter: Yohana Imperio
Certified Diabetes Care and Education Sp: Delaney Johns
Patient: Pamela Martínez Ruiz

Full Summary: Ms. Navarro was recently hospitalized after falling into a diabetic coma. She’s about to be discharged from the hospital and meets with Mackenzie, the diabetes care and education specialist to learn more about her diabetes, a condition Ms. Navarro admittedly knows little about. Mackenzie teaches her the ins and outs of living with diabetes, including managing her diet, checking her blood sugar, self-administering insulin injections, and exercising.

Main Challenges: When interpreting for diabetes education, patients are often presented with a lot of information that can include high-register medical terminology. This can of course pose a challenge if the provider does not adjust their register if a patient happens to have low health literacy, but it can also be a challenge when providers use metaphors to explain concepts, as these may contain unexpected vocabulary. Additionally, patient education materials are often provided, but these materials are not always available in the patient’s language.

Key Terminology and Vocabulary

English			español
---	---	diabetes care and education specialist	especialista en atención y educación para la diabetes	---
---	---	fall into a coma	caer en coma	---
---	---	speak in plain English	hablar en castellano	---
---	---	blood sugar	glucosa en la sangre	---
---	---	fuel	combustible	---
---	---	hormone	hormona	---
---	---	padlock	candado	---
---	---	insulin resistance	resistencia a la insulina	---
---	---	bloodstream	torrente sanguíneo	---
---	---	keep something in check	mantener algo bajo control	---
---	---	strike a balance	lograr un equilibrio	---
---	---	ratio	proporción	---
---	---	starch	almidón	---
---	---	carb	carbohidrato	---
---	---	keep an eye on	mantenerse pendiente	---
---	---	carb intake	consumo de carbohidratos	---
---	---	serving size	porción	tamaño de la porción
---	---	non-starchy vegetables	vegetales con poco almidón	verduras con poco almidón
---	---	beet	remolacha	---
---	---	eggplant	berenjena	---
---	---	lean meat	carne magra	---
---	---	starchy food	alimento con almidón	---
---	---	uphill battle	cuesta arriba	---
---	---	starve to death	morirse de hambre	---
---	---	count carbs	contar carbohidratos	---
---	---	Keto diet	dieta Keto	---
---	---	right off the bat	desde el principio	---
---	---	refined grains	cereales refinados	---
---	---	whole grains	cereales integrales	---
---	---	whole foods	alimentos integrales	---
---	---	food label	etiqueta de los alimentos	---
---	---	added sugar	azúcar añadida	---
---	---	hit the nail on the head	dar en el clavo	---
---	---	glucometer	glucómetro	---
---	---	lancet	lanceta	---
fussy	particular	picky	quisquilloso	---
---	---	continuous glucose monitor	monitor continuo de glucosa	---
---	---	alcohol pads	almohadillas con alcohol	---
---	good old	good ol’	la vieja confiable	---
---	---	nerve endings	terminaciones nerviosas	---
---	---	test strip	tira reactiva	---
---	---	reading	lectura	---
---	---	apple sauce	puré de manzana	---
---	---	come in handy	ser muy útil	---
---	---	clumsy	torpe	---
---	---	a nurse’s touch	mano de enfermera	---
---	---	a piece of cake	pan comido	---
---	---	sharps container	contenedor para objetos cortopunzantes	---
---	---	alcohol wipe	toallita con alcohol	---
---	---	protective tab	lámina protectora	---
---	---	screw	enroscar	---
---	---	dispose	desechar	---
---	regular	run-of-the-mill	común y corriente	---
---	---	long-acting insulin	insulina de acción prolongada	---
---	---	insulin cartridge	cartucho de insulina	---
---	central AC	central air	aire acondicionado central	---
---	---	metformin	metformina	---
---	---	diabetic log book	cuaderno de registro para la diabetes	---
---	---	I’ll do my part	pondré de mi parte	---
---	---	shed a few pounds	bajar unas libras	---
---	---	laze around	holgazanear	pasarla de haragán
---	A.K.A.	also known as	en otras palabras	también conocido como
---	---	prone to	propenso	---
---	---	warning signs	señales de advertencia	---
---	---	keep fluids down	retener líquidos	---
---	---	God forbid	Dios me libre	---

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Supplementary Resources: Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (AADE Rebrands as Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists); Sight Translation and Written Translation: Guidelines for Healthcare Interpreters (NCIHC)

Type 2 Diabetes

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