Chuukese Interpreting and Translation Services

Patient instructions, consent forms and health education translated into Chuukese. In a Honolulu survey, Chuukese patients relied mostly on a family member or friend as interpreter (Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2012), and Chuukese has no direct word for terms such as quarantine or isolation, so a translator has to explain them. Tomedes has translated a set of Chuukese medical papers, described in a recent translation.

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Court filings, affidavits, civil documents and immigration papers translated into and from Chuukese. The same Hawaii Judiciary plan reports that Hawaii has about a quarter of the estimated 94,000 Compact of Free Association migrants in the United States, which is one reason legal demand for Chuukese is high there. A Chuukese to English legal translation shows the process.

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School notices, enrollment forms, report cards and academic records translated into Chuukese. Chuukese is one of the five most common home languages of English learners in Hawaii public schools (Hawaii Department of Education, 2018 to 2019), and academic documents are the most common Chuukese subject at Tomedes.

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Newsletters, program guides, service agreements and business documents translated into Chuukese for nonprofits, clinics and employers who serve Chuukese-speaking communities.

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Interpreters for medical appointments, court hearings and school meetings are arranged on request, in person or by phone. Because Chuukese interpreters are a limited pool, book as early as possible.

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Chuukese is written in the Latin alphabet, with accent marks on some vowels. Many American government and university materials leave the accents out and spell words in different ways, so tell Tomedes which spelling your audience uses before work starts.

Outer island languages such as Mortlockese are counted separately from Chuukese in the FSM census, and a speaker of one will not always follow the other. Tell Tomedes which language your document is in so the right linguist is assigned.

Chuukese spelling varies between sources, and many American materials leave out the accent marks, so the forms below should be confirmed with a native linguist before print use. Here are the most commonly translated Chuukese words.

• Hello: Ran annim
• Thank you: Kinisou
• Yes: Ewer
• No: Apw
• Please: Kose mochen
• Goodbye: Kene nom (said by the person leaving)
• My name is: Itei