Abstract (eng)
This Master’s Thesis deals with the role of the interpreter in the field of medical tourism in Austria as exemplified by a health care provider. First the thesis analyzes the role of the hospital as an institution as well as the communication between the physician and the patient from the perspective of the interpreting studies and medicine. A separate chapter deals with the concept of medical tourism and the situation in Austria. Further-more, the thesis presents the profile of requirements and tasks of the interpreter on the basis of the quantitative study carried out by Pöchhacker (2000), followed by an exami-nation of the repertoire of the interpreter from the interpreter’s perspective on the basis of the studies by Angelelli (2004a) and Hsieh (2008). Then the thesis presents the results of the author’s empirical study, which analyzes the role of the interpreter from the user’s perspective on the basis of five qualitative interviews. Finally, the thesis compares the role model of the medical interpreter with the role model from the interpreter’s own perspective.