Technology and the use of computers, mobile phones, etc. may have alienated us, but it is true that it has also made our world smaller! Sometimes it even works small miracles!
Like what happened at the Venizelio Hospital in Heraklion where they transported a seriously injured young Chinese man who was jet skiing in Santorini. Doctors and nurses led by maxillofacial surgeon Giorgos Mastorakis to be able to repair the damage. The surgery was difficult, but everything went well and it seems that the Chinese man will recover without further problems. He will, however, need a few days of hospitalization. And of course, the settlement of bureaucratic procedures.
But that's where the…difficult things started. The escort who was with him couldn't communicate, she didn't know English, any other foreign language, of course, Greek at all! And no one could explain to her what was happening, what the problem was and what would happen next to notify his family in China! Everyone blocked..
And there the doctor thought of something…simple. To open his cell phone and use Google!
"Yes, there was an issue! An injured person originally from China came to us with serious injuries. He came to us from Santorini, he was injured in water sports. We operated on him. He is currently hospitalized and out of danger. But we got lost in translation!" emphasized Mr. Mastorakis, who explains the next step.
“The lady didn’t understand anything. We couldn’t give her explanations with…meanings. Then I went to Google and wrote in English – because of the largest library they have on the network – the problem the injured person faced and asked for the translation into Chinese. Then, to be sure what…it would turn out, I asked for the opposite. From Chinese to English! The understanding was complete!” says Mr. Mastorakis to cretalive.
In fact, the Chinese woman not only understood what happened, she was excited and said that she didn't even need to inform. She sent the Google translation by email to China !
Source: nooz.gr
