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> Also if you are going to permanently move to such a place, it's incumbent on you to become functionally fluent in the local language. Nobody there owes you a
by munk-a 5y ago
> Also if you are going to permanently move to such a place, it's incumbent on you to become functionally fluent in the local language. Nobody there owes you a special accomodation.
Functional fluency doesn't really cover hospital interactions though, right? I can live for decades in Paris without knowing what the word for chest pains or sprained ankle are.
- Talanes 5y agoI've spoken English my whole life and still struggle to express the exact sensation I'm feeling to a doctor.
- djrogers 5y agoNo, I doubt you could - 'pain' and it's synonyms, as well as basic body parts like 'chest' are pretty basic words for someone who's spent decades immersed in a language...
- AmericanChopper 5y agoI’ve lived in a foreign country where I learned the local language and was hospitalised twice during the time I lived there. My vocabulary certainly didn’t contain very much medical vocabulary, and it wasn’t an issue at all. At worst you’re Google translating one or two words, or explaining things in a slightly odd way. I could certainly say “chest pain” though.