昨日dropにかかってきた一本の電話。
なんとankoに日本語の通訳をして欲しいというお願いでした。
ankoが以前に見てもらったHouse doctorの同僚のdoctorのところに英語もオランダ語もできない日本人が来るとのことで、その内容を説明してくれと。
・・・それってすごくハードじゃない？医学用語とか出たらわかんない・・・。
楽観主義なanko、とりあえず人助けだと思って引き受けることにしました。知り合いが出来るいい機会だし。
朝９時頃、看護師さんが車で迎えに来てくれました。
人見知りなankoは超緊張でしたが、とっても話しやすい看護師さん（さすが看護師さん！）で少し気が楽になりました。
病院に到着。私たちが止めた車の前に止まった車から日本人らしい男の人が。
「きっと彼やね！」と看護師さんと言いながら連れ立って病院に入って行きました。
anko「こんにちは」
男性「？？」
どうも彼は私が来ることを知らなかったみたい。
でも喜んで受け入れてくれました。
いろいろ話してみると、歳も近いし、友達になれそう。ラッキー！
通訳は内容が難しくなかったので、何とかなったと思います。
良い経験をさせてもらいました。
帰りは同じ看護師さんに送ってもらって、ankoオランダ初仕事？は終了。
「あなたにプレゼントがあるの」と看護師さんがお礼に小さな花束をくれました。
本当にお役に立てたかしら・・・。
There was a phonecall to Drop yesterday.
It was to ask Anko to be an interpreter of Japanese. Since a colleague (doctor) of the house doctor who saw me once before, will have a Japanese patient who cannot really speak English or Dutch, she wants me to explain what the person's problem is.
I thought "Wouldn't it be very hard?? I cannot understand if there are medical terms..."
But optimistic Anko decided to accept the request to help people. It is also a good opportunity to get to know people.
About 9 o'clock in the morning, a nurse came to pick me up. Although I am relatively shy and was quite nervous about the task, the nurse was very easy to speak to (great nurse!) and I felt a bit relieved.
We arrived at the house doctor. We saw one Japanese looking guy getting out of a car that had stopped in front of our car.
"It must be him!" We were talking and followed him into the doctor.
Anko "Hello"
Japanese guy "??"
It looked like he didn't know I was coming. But he kindly accepted me as the interperter. When we talked a bit, I found out we are of similar age and can be friends. I am lucky!
The most impotant thing, the translation was ok (I guess...). I had a very good experience.
On the way back, the same nurse drove me home as well and my first small task (?) in the Netherlands was done! "I have a small present for you." The nurse gave me a small bunch of flowers.
I wonder if I was useful...