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If the dictators could speak proper English and enunciate clearly,

Posted By: speak Engrish on 2005-07-12
In Reply to: I think the majority of mistakes are - no holds barred

if the supervisors didn't bounce MTs off of QA in less than a week and then gripe at everyone about leaving blanks, if the account specs were clearly delineated, if the pay was worth a darn, if the QA feedback was constructive and consistent, then maybe the MTs would care about quality and loyalty. 




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    Pas DE probleme!
    to dictate if you cannot speak English.
    Sorry to gripe about this, as I know it comes with this industry, but I just transcribed (ha) a doctor, who sounded like this......

    ditdada..ditditdadada..ummm, aaahh, shimaprazole, shinequapam, ditdootoday, patient no feel no good...ditditdazow. I quit.
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    much less type it.
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    Theodore Roosevelt on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN


     


    "In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."


     


    Theodore Roosevelt 1907

    Maybe people in India who can't speak English? nm
    ..
    I spent about a month in India and they do speak English but sometimes I had a hard time
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    nm
    Not always. Tongue stumblers. New dictators. Speedy and lazy dictators.
    D
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    wonder when people will just get over it and do what they can and move on. 


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    MT schools give a beginner level of knowledge and maybe a little touch on doing dictation but there's no "proper education" to be had here.

    I've done this 25 years. I've never had "proper education". I was trained on the job. I was an EMT when I started my first MT job.

    And please, stop comparing MTs and nurses like attorneys and paralegals. Those ARE regulated industries. Certification is necessary and a degree necessary.

    Get over yourself. ROFL
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    nm
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    s
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    xx
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    i
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    I agree -- there are too many people walking around not knowing or using the English language.  If they want to live here, they should at least like our country and not fly our flag upside down, etc. AND SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE.  I have no problem with foreigners coming over here.  My only problem is with foreigners coming over here and not respecting our language and culture.


     


     


    English yes, others no.
    x
    Hey, speak for yourself (sm)
    My accounts are 95% ESL. I love them. I can do them. It's job security, thanks to the MTs who can't or won't do them. As long as I can hear them and the technical quality is there, I welcome the ESL challenge!
    SPEAK CLEARLY!

    I'm lost as to why doctors can not just speak more clearly. I know it is possible, I have many doctors who do it. I am only 25, and I am going to be gray by the time I am 30.


    PLS DO SPEAK CLEARLY
    My god. i know that its hard to have so many patients, its also hard to transcribe if you cant speak clearly, for the doctors that can talk more fluent thank you very much.
    I would not speak

    or respond to any job posting that used a hotmail address.  ANY reputable company will have professional email set up that uses their company name, such as   recruiter@reputablecompany.com. 


    Did he speak to you about it?
    nm
    Speak for yourself
    Geez!
    You cannot speak for everyone!!

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