Video interpretation (VRI)Swahili
Medically credentialed Swahili interpreters on the unit's tablet or cart, with relatives joining the same link from anywhere. Get your quote in seconds, place your order, add your meeting link, 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
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Enter the visit date, start time, platform, the patient's language and the kind of visit, such as a bedside visit or a family meeting. The price for the hours you book shows right away.
Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet or the Texliff room
Match
Our dispatcher assigns a medically credentialed interpreter from anywhere in the US, and you see the name and credentials before the visit.
Confirmed in your dashboard and by email
Video (VRI)
The interpreter joins the link as a guest at the booked time, interprets for the unit and any relatives on the link, and stays for the hours you booked.
Any device, interpreters from all 50 states
The price shows before you book. Every session is covered by an NDA; clinical sessions are handled in line with HIPAA.
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Dallas, Houston, Seattle, the Twin Cities, DC and Atlanta have established East-African communities (Kenyan, Tanzanian, Ugandan, Congolese).
Typical Swahili bookings
Joining by video
On video, the interpreter and some of the people in the conversation are not in the building. Where a card has a page of its own, it links to that page for video.
The unit joins the link on a tablet or cart, and the interpreter interprets for the doctor or nurse at the patient's bed.
Typical sessions
A relative in another city or country opens the same link, so the family hears the update together with the patient.
Typical sessions
Once the patient is home, the hospital's clinic follows up by video, and the interpreter joins the visit as a guest.
Typical sessions
Before the patient leaves, the nurse goes over home care on the unit's tablet or cart, and the interpreter on the screen interprets each instruction.
Typical sessions
The psychiatrist and the patient stay on the unit while the interpreter joins by video and renders the patient's answers as they are given.
Typical sessions
The surgeon describes a procedure to the patient, and the interpreter on the screen interprets each risk and each question before the patient decides.
Typical sessions
Video at the bedside
Hospitals use video when no interpreter for the language works near the building, or when a relative needs to join from another city. The unit opens the meeting link on a tablet or cart at the patient's bed, and the interpreter joins as a guest from anywhere in the US. The doctors, the nurses and the patient stay together in the room, and only the interpreter is on the screen. Video is also used for telehealth follow-ups after discharge.
The doctor or nurse speaks with the patient in the room, and the interpreter is on the screen of the tablet or cart. A relative can open the same link from another place and listen in as family, and the unit decides who else joins. The interpreter interprets for the care team, the patient and the relative, one speaker at a time.
On the screen, the interpreter does the same work as in the room. Every part is interpreted in full, in both directions, and a relative's question is interpreted like the patient's. The doctor or nurse waits after each part, so nothing is cut short. The interpreter is neutral, gives no advice and no summary, and keeps the visit confidential.
On the tablet
Put the meeting link in the dashboard before the visit, and open it on the unit's tablet or cart a little before the booked time. The interpreter joins as a guest, so the patient and the staff stay where they are. Each part is said twice, once in each language, so a bedside visit with many questions needs more booked time than one in English.
On-site, video or phone
Video brings in an interpreter who is not near the hospital. In the cases below, a different setting works better.
Book an interpreter in person for a long family meeting or a unit with a weak connection.
On-Site Interpretation for HospitalsVideo suits bedside visits when the language is hard to cover locally, and visits where relatives join from another place.
Phone suits a short call to a patient or a relative when no one needs to see the other person.
Phone Interpretation for HospitalsHow it works
Enter your details and get your instant quote
Enter the date, start time, the platform, the patient's language and the kind of visit. The price for the booked hours shows right away.
Place your order
Pay online to confirm. The booking opens in your dashboard, where you add the meeting link and notes such as the unit and the doctor's name.
Dispatcher runs and assigns an interpreter
Our dispatcher assigns a medically credentialed interpreter and confirms the name and credentials to you before the visit.
Join your session
At the booked time, the interpreter opens your link as a guest. Relatives who open the same link join the conversation, and the interpreter stays for the booked hours.
What you receive
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
Certified translations come from the same account, and the PDF can reach the care team before or after the visit.
Records from clinics abroad and vaccination records, translated so the doctor can go over them during the visit.
Birth and marriage certificates, translated into English for the patient's file.
Affidavits signed in another country, translated for the hospital's file.
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
The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.
Can't find it here?
Yes, on Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet. If your system cannot add a guest, we create a Texliff room link and add it to the project.
Each booking is for English and one other language, with one interpreter. A relative who speaks a third language needs a second booking, and both can use the same link.
No. Sessions are not recorded unless you ask, and connections are encrypted.
A video visit is priced by the hour, and you see the total before paying. Unused time is not refunded, because the interpreter is reserved for the whole booking, so book the time the visit needs.
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.
70 languages. Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Tagalog and Haitian Creole are the easiest to schedule. Rare languages such as Pashto or Burmese need more notice, and the interpreter can join from any state.
Yes. Court-certified and medically credentialed Swahili 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
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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