Yocasta Bianconi

Question and Answer

• What is your name?
  • Yocasta Bianconi
• Where do you live?
  • Raleigh, North Carolina
• How long have you been an interpreter or translator?
  • More than 10 years
• What made you decide to become a translator or interpreter?
  •    The love for language and bridging communication between provider and individual.
• List one strength that you think sets you apart from your colleagues.
  • Cultural awareness.
• Name the one thing that you most enjoy in your translating or interpreting career.
  • Helping helping helping!
• We all have worked on those not-so-perfect assignments. Write about one such assignment that was not ideal and what you learned from it.
  • Patient's relatives trying to do my job. I am pretty good at letting them know that is my job without creating a caos.
• 6.) If you could go back in time to when you were just starting out as a translator or interpreter, what advice would you give to your younger self?
  •  Be kind, but don't get too friendly with patients, medical staff. Watch your boundaries.
• Name one resource – such as a phone app, CAT tool, website, and so forth – that you find especially helpful in your translating or interpreting work.
  • Translationjounal.net
• What’s the best book you’ve read this year?
  • The complete Medical terminology By Verónica  Hackethal MD 

An essential guide for anyone in a healthcare career, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Medical Terminology shows readers how to master medicine's core terminology so they can successfully pass their academic courses and certification tests.
Readers will be introduced to Greek and Latin roots — the building blocks for deciphering any term encountered. They'll also find an outline of the body's systems to learn terms in context, an explanation of the body's physiology, and a primer on commonly used terms for diseases, injuries, conditions, tests, and procedures.