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Professor Maria Cornelio Discusses Hunter's Translation/Interpretation Program in "Voices of NY"

Professor Maria Cornelio, of the Romance Languages Department, was featured recently in the newspaper Voices of NY http://voicesofny.org/2016/02/new-york-city-in-translation/, where she discussed the growing success of Hunter's Spanish/English Translation & Interpretation Major Concentration for the B.A. in Spanish. “This semester we have some 30 students formally registered, and I have also met with about 12 more who have fulfilled the requirements to enroll,” said Cornelio, one of the country’s foremost experts on translation in health care. “Sometimes we have to turn applicants down because they don’t have the required knowledge.”

Carlos Agueo, a Hunter student who will graduate in Spring 2016 with a degree in Spanish and a concentration in Translation and Interpretation, is one of the program's success stories. He is currently interning at Richmond University Medical Center in Staten Island; Agueo said he'd become "increasingly interested in medical interpreting because it allows me to help people and learn more about medicine."  According to the article in Voices of NY, "Hunter has a list of about 30 placements where it sends its students for internships – from private companies to government agencies or hospitals." In fact, added Professor Cornelio, "...many of [our students] end up being hired, sometimes even before graduating."

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