The article focuses on the issue of spatial positioning of healthcare interpreters. Contemporary research and guidelines for healthcare interpreters recommend either a triadic position or parallel positioning, or else suggest that the position of the interpreter should be defined primarily by the situation. Based on the responses gathered by a nationwide online questionnaire sent to interpreters who work in healthcare settings in the Republic of Slovenia, the article establishes that a triangular position is the spatial positioning the untrained interpreters working in healthcare settings most often assume and find most appropriate. The interpreters prefer this position because they believe that primary role should be granted to the patient and that the interpreters should be regarded as mere conduits, and second, that there is a considerable gap between what the interpreters think they should do and what they actually do. The article concludes with some proposals how to narrow this gap.

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“总是存在一些空间限制”

本文重点介绍医疗口译员的空间定位问题。现代研究和保健口译员指南建议三位一体的姿势或平行放置，或者建议应主要根据情况确定口译员的位置。根据发送给斯洛文尼亚共和国医疗机构工作的口译员的全国性在线调查表收集的回复，本文确定三角形位置是未经训练的医疗机构工作的口译员最常假设并认为最合适的空间位置。口译员之所以喜欢这个职位，是因为他们认为应该将主要角色赋予患者，并且应该将口译员视为仅仅是管道，其次，口译员认为他们应该做的和实际要做的工作之间存在很大的差距。文章最后提出了一些建议，以缩小差距。