Synopsis
This introduction to Spanish for veterinary medicine is not intended to make the user a fluent speaker of Spanish. Instead, it is designed to prepare veterinarians for clinical conversations in Spanish with clients. After studying these chapters, the user will not be able to argue politics or discuss poetry, but will be able to ask what the animal′s symptoms are and how long the animal has had the problem. The user will also be able to understand the gist of the client′s answers to questions.
This handy manual aims to present the basics of the Spanish language as a working veterinarian needs to know them, thus, many elements of the formal language are not included. The goal is clarity and ease of understanding, not purity. Each chapter contains exercises to increase familiarity and fluency.
The first chapters introduce pronunciation, vocabulary, and how verb forms are conjugated. The middle chapters discuss topics on personal interaction, such as listening for key phrases, giving commands, polite suggestions, taking clinical histories, the diagnostic exams, and more. The last chapters present special vocabulary about illnesses of cattle, horses, sheep and goats, swine, and cats and dogs.
The book concludes with an answer key, and an English/Spanish dictionary.
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About the Author
Bonnie Frederick, PhD, is associate professor of Spanish, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Washington State University.
Juan Mosqueda, MVZ, is a veterinarian currently working toward a PhD degree in the Department of Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University.
Sandra Garcia Angeles is a former instructor of Spanish at Washington State University and now a doctoral student at Arizona State University.
From the Back Cover
Can you tell a Spanish–speaking client to given the dog three pills a day for ten days? Can you ask how long the cow has had a fever? If you ask such questions, can you understand the answers? After studying the chapters in Spanish for Veterinarians, you definitely will be able to say "sí" to these and other common questions.
Spanish for Veterinarians is designed to help you rapidly learn a working Spanish for clinical conversations. The presentation of the language is not traditional–explanations are written for veterinarians, not grammarians, so you won′t find conditional verbs or terms such as "pluperfect." What you will find are
- A pronunciation guide and explanations of how to conjugate verbs.
- Basic conversations concerning veterinary medicine.
- Ample vocabulary lists for animals, body parts, and diseases.
- Cultural discussions on the role of animals in Hispanic American and on how to handle introductions and small talk.
- Vocabulary for obtaining information for the clinical history and the diagnostic exam.
- Chapters on specific animals.
- An English–to–Spanish and Spanish–to–English dictionary of practical veterinary terms alphabetized together.
This manual is a lively presentation of the Spanish that working vets increasingly need to know.
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