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Dari On-Site Interpretation for Medical Appointments
Medically credentialed Dari interpreters at clinic visits, hospital stays, pre-op appointments and discharge. Get your quote in seconds, place your order, and you're all set.
Starting at $92.91
Per hour
Court-certified
Interpreters
HIPAA-aligned
All clinical sessions
Medically credentialed
CCHI and NBCMI certified interpreters
Match
Interpreter matched to the setting
Our dispatcher looks for medically credentialed interpreters closest to your address first, and you see the name and credentials before the day.
Confirmed in your dashboard and by email
On-site
Interpreter at your venue
The interpreter arrives at the address you gave and interprets for the patient and the care team for the hours you booked.
In person, for the booked hours
The price shows before you book. Every session is covered by an NDA; clinical sessions are handled in line with HIPAA.
Book an interpreterThe language
Getting Dari right
We interpret Dari for SIV applications, parole case reviews, resettlement agency intake, medical appointments and K-12 parent meetings for recently arrived Afghan families.
Typical Dari bookings
- SIV and asylum interviews
- Resettlement agency intake
- Medical and behavioral-health appointments (PTSD)
- Women's-health and maternity appointments
- K-12 enrollment and parent-teacher meetings
- U.S. speakers
- 150k+
- Booked most in
- Sacramento, Northern Virginia, Houston
- Varieties
- Dari, Farsi and Tajik are mutually intelligible but clients sometimes request the wrong variety. Afghan speakers almost always require Dari (or Pashto).
- Register
- Gender matching matters for many Afghan clients — we staff female interpreters for women's-health appointments and women-only domestic-violence matters by default and without asking clients to justify.
Where we interpret
On-site interpreters for medical appointments in exam rooms, at the bedside, before surgery and at discharge
Care teams see patients in several kinds of buildings. Each card names the details that help the interpreter find the right room.
Clinic exam rooms
An outpatient visit usually takes place in an exam room, with the patient, the doctor and often a nurse. Put the clinic, the floor or suite and the doctor's name in the notes.
Hospital bedsides
For a patient who has been admitted, the interpreter goes to the room and interprets for the doctors and nurses who come in. Add the unit and the room number to the notes.
Surgery centers
Before a procedure, the surgeon and the nurses go over the plan, and the patient asks questions and gives consent. Book the interpreter for the whole pre-op visit.
Hospital discharge
Before the patient goes home, a nurse goes over medicines, follow-up visits and warning signs. Every instruction, and every question from the patient or the family, is interpreted in full.
Visits in person
What to know about in-person medical appointments with an interpreter
When the interpreter comes in person
Most medical appointments are held in person, and the interpreter sits next to the patient in the exam room or at the bedside. The interpreter reports to the one address you booked, so give the building and the department where the care team sees the patient. Our dispatcher looks for interpreters closest to that address first. Coverage is densest in large metro areas, and in smaller towns we still send an interpreter, with more notice.
Who takes part
The doctor examines the patient and explains the diagnosis and the plan, while a nurse or medical assistant takes the history and checks the medicines. Family members often come along and can add details about how the patient has been. The interpreter sits next to the patient, so the patient hears the interpretation at close range.
In the room5
- DoctorExamines, then explains the diagnosis
- NurseTakes the history, checks the medicines
- PatientHears the interpreter at close range
- Family memberComes along and adds details
- InterpreterSits next to the patient
DoctorInterpreterPatient
The interpreter's role
The interpreter makes the conversation as clear as it would be in one language. Each statement from the doctor or the nurse is interpreted for the patient in full, and each question or answer from the patient is interpreted back, in the first person. The interpreter takes no side, keeps the visit confidential, and leaves the diagnosis and the treatment advice to the doctor.
Doctor and patient
DoctorInterpretedPatientInterpreted
Patient to nurse
PatientInterpretedNurseInterpreted
Several patients in one booking
A clinic that sees several patients who speak the same language in a row can book one block of hours at one address, and the same interpreter stays for the block. Put the order of the appointments in the notes. A second language needs its own booking.
On-site, video or phone
Choosing between on-site, video and phone for a medical appointment
Booking in person keeps the interpreter next to the patient for the whole visit. The other two settings suit narrower cases.
On-site
An interpreter in person suits hospital stays, long visits, procedures with consent and patients who find a screen hard to follow.
Video (VRI)
Video fits a scheduled visit when no interpreter for the language works near the clinic, with a tablet or cart in the room.
Video-Remote Interpretation for Medical Appointments
Phone (OPI)
Phone fits short calls about results, medicines or appointments, with no exam and nothing to show.
Phone Interpretation for Medical Appointments
How it works
How to book an on-site interpreter for a medical appointment
Enter your details and get your instant quote
Give the clinic or hospital address with the date, the start time and the patient's language. The price for the booked hours shows right away.
Place your order
Pay online to confirm. In your dashboard, add notes such as the department, the room, where to park and who to ask for at check-in.
Dispatcher runs and assigns an interpreter
Our dispatcher assigns a medically credentialed interpreter who works in your area, and the name and credentials reach you before the day.
The interpreter arrives at your venue
The interpreter arrives at the address, meets the care team and sits with the patient for the hours you booked.
What you receive
- The interpreter's name and credentials, with a confirmation in your dashboard and by email.
- Travel inside the interpreter's metro area included in the hourly rate.
- A BAA if your practice needs one.
Every file and session is covered by an NDA and sent over an encrypted connection. Clinical matters are handled in line with HIPAA.
If you also need translations
If you also need documents translated for the appointment
Certified translations come from the same account, sent as a PDF that you can print and bring along.
Hospitals and clinics
Records from a doctor or hospital abroad, translated into English so the doctor has the history at hand during the visit.
USCIS interviews
Birth and marriage certificates for patients who have an immigration case in progress.
Courts and depositions
Affidavits from an injury claim, translated into English for the patient's lawyer.
Not in the list? We translate 37 document types, from passports and bank statements to patents, each with its own page and the same certification.Browse all documentsFAQ
Questions about on-site interpreters for medical appointments
The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.
Can't find it here?
01What does the interpreter need to get into the building?
Tell us the entrance, where to park and who to ask for at check-in, and any badge or screening steps the facility asks of visitors.
02Can we book the same interpreter for a patient who comes back?
You can ask for it in the booking notes. A booking is for the service, not for a particular interpreter, so we take the request into account and assign them when they are available.
03Can a family member or a child interpret instead?
Hospitals and clinics that receive federal funds are expected to provide a qualified interpreter, and should not rely on a patient's minor child to interpret except in an emergency. A family member can still sit in with the patient if the clinic allows it.
04How is an on-site appointment priced?
You pay by the hour, and the total shows before you do. Book the full length of the visit, including check-in and the wait for the doctor, because unused time is not refunded.
05How far ahead should we book?
At least 48 to 72 hours ahead, and earlier if you can.
06Which languages are available in person?
70 languages. Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Russian and Korean are the easiest to schedule. Rare languages, and visits far from a large city, need more notice.
07Are your Dari interpreters certified?
Yes. Court-certified and medically credentialed Dari interpreters are assigned to legal and clinical matters — Federal Court Interpreter Certification, state court rosters, CCHI / NBCMI for medical. For community, educational and corporate settings we assign professionally trained interpreters matched to the subject.
Other languages
Other languages for Medical Appointments
The same page for each of these languages, with that language's varieties, its register and where it is booked most.
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