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French Video-Remote Interpretation for Medical Appointments
Medically credentialed French interpreters on a tablet or cart in the exam room, for every part of the visit. 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
Match
Interpreter matched to the setting
Our dispatcher assigns a medically credentialed interpreter, certified by CCHI or NBCMI, and you see the name before the appointment.
Confirmed in your dashboard and by email
Video (VRI)
Interpreter joins your video call
The interpreter joins your link as a guest at the booked time, speaks to the patient and the care team through the screen, 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.
Book an interpreterThe language
Getting French right
Interpretation skews heavily toward asylum interviews and immigration court for West / Central African applicants (Cameroon, DRC, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Guinea), plus corporate and diplomatic assignments.
Typical French bookings
- Asylum interviews and immigration court (DRC, Cameroon, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire)
- Hospital appointments for West African refugees
- International commercial arbitration and M&A
- Diplomatic meetings and UN-adjacent events
- Aerospace and energy negotiations
- Parent-teacher conferences in Maine, Minnesota and Ohio
- U.S. speakers
- 1.2M+
- Booked most in
- New York, Miami, Washington DC
- Varieties
- Metropolitan, Québécois, West / Central African
Parts of the visit
Video interpreters for medical appointments, from intake and the exam to diagnosis and questions
The patient and the care team sit together in the exam room, and the interpreter is on the screen. Each card is a part of the visit the interpreter takes part in.
Intake and history
The nurse or medical assistant asks about symptoms, allergies and medicines, and the patient asks questions of their own. All of it is interpreted in both directions, not only the doctor's part.
The exam
The doctor gives short instructions during the exam and asks where something hurts. The patient's answers are interpreted for the doctor, so the doctor hears the patient's own description.
Diagnosis and plan
The doctor explains what was found, what treatment comes next and when to return. Add the names of tests or referrals to the notes, so the interpreter can prepare the terms.
Questions at the end
Before the visit ends, the patient can ask about the plan, the medicines and the next appointment. Each question and each answer is interpreted in full, and the interpreter does not answer for the doctor.
Visits by video
What to know about video medical appointments with an interpreter
When video is used
When no interpreter for the patient's language works near the clinic, the interpreter joins by video instead, on a tablet or cart that the clinic brings into the room. The patient and the care team stay together in the exam room or at the bedside, and only the interpreter is remote. A visit where the doctor and the patient are themselves in different places is booked as a telehealth appointment.
Who takes part
The doctor or nurse practitioner examines the patient, asks about symptoms and explains the diagnosis and the plan. A nurse or medical assistant asks the intake questions, goes over the medicine list and answers practical questions. The patient speaks for themselves, and a family member may sit in to listen or add details. The interpreter joins from the screen and speaks to each person in turn.
In the visit5
- Doctor or NPExamines the patient and explains the plan
- NurseAsks intake questions, goes over medicines
- PatientSpeaks for themselves in their own language
- Family memberMay sit in to listen or add details
- InterpreterJoins from the screen
DoctorInterpreterPatient
The interpreter's role
The interpreter's job is to make the visit as clear as it would be if the patient and the care team spoke one language. Everything is interpreted in full, in both directions, including the questions a patient asks the nurse. The interpreter adds no comments, keeps the visit private and explains nothing about the diagnosis. A relative, and above all a child, should not be asked to interpret in their place.
In the exam room
DoctorInterpretedPatientInterpreted
Question to the nurse
Patient asksInterpretedNurse answersInterpreted
Setting up the screen
Put the tablet or cart where the patient and the doctor can both see and hear the interpreter, and open the link before the patient is called in. If you do not have the link when you book, add it in your dashboard later, together with the clinic, the doctor and the room.
On-site, video or phone
Choosing between video, on-site and phone for a medical appointment
Video puts the interpreter on a screen in the exam room. Choose another setting when the visit needs a person beside the patient, or no screen at all.
On-site
Book an interpreter in person for a hospital stay, a long visit or a patient who has trouble following a screen.
On-Site Interpretation for Medical AppointmentsVideo (VRI)
Video fits a scheduled visit in an exam room, when no interpreter for the language works near the clinic.
Phone (OPI)
Phone fits calls about test results, medicines and appointments, when nobody needs to see the patient.
Phone Interpretation for Medical Appointments
How it works
How to book a video interpreter for a medical appointment
Enter your details and get your instant quote
Enter the appointment date, start time, the patient's language and the platform. 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 clinic, the doctor and the kind of visit.
Dispatcher runs and assigns an interpreter
Our dispatcher assigns a medically credentialed interpreter and sends you the name and credentials before the appointment.
Join your session
The interpreter joins your link as a guest at the booked time and interprets for the patient and the care team until the booked hours end.
What you receive
- The interpreter's name and credentials, confirmed before the appointment.
- Your meeting link kept in the project, or a Texliff room link we create that opens in the browser.
- A confirmation in your dashboard and by email, and 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 patient
Certified translations come from the same account and are sent as a PDF in English.
Hospitals and clinics
Vaccination records and medical records from abroad, translated into English so the care team can read them during the visit.
USCIS interviews
Birth, marriage and divorce certificates for a patient who is also preparing an immigration case.
Courts and depositions
Legal papers tied to an accident, such as affidavits, translated into English for the lawyer who handles the claim.
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 video interpreters for medical appointments
The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.
Can't find it here?
01Can the interpreter join the tablet or cart our clinic already uses?
Yes. Put your meeting link in the booking, and the interpreter joins it as a guest on Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet. If you have no link, we create one in the Texliff room, which opens in the browser without an install.
02Is the appointment kept private?
Yes. Every session is under an NDA and connections are encrypted. Nothing is recorded unless you request it, and healthcare customers can ask for a BAA.
03Is this the same as a telehealth appointment?
No. Here the patient and the care team are in the same room and only the interpreter is remote. In a telehealth appointment the doctor and the patient are in different places, and it is booked as a telehealth appointment.
04What if the appointment is moved to another day?
Cancel in writing. A full refund applies when you cancel more than seven days before, 75% is refunded between seven days and 48 hours before, and nothing is refunded in the last 48 hours.
05How is a video appointment priced?
The price is per hour for the hours you book, and you see the total before paying. Book the whole visit, from intake to the last instructions, because unused time is not refunded.
06Which languages can I book for a medical appointment?
70 languages. Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Haitian Creole and Tagalog are the easiest to schedule. A rarer language such as Burmese or Pashto needs more notice.
07Are your French interpreters certified?
Yes. Court-certified and medically credentialed French 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.
08Do you cover all French dialects?
Standard (Metropolitan) French, Quebec French and African French differ in lexicon, register and numerical conventions. We disclose dialect preference to the linguist and maintain terminology consistency across a project.
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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