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GP Consultation for Depression Symptoms
GP (speaking English) and Patient (speaking Afrikaans) talk through “GP Consultation for Depression Symptoms”. You interpret both ways — English into Afrikaans, and Afrikaans into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Full transcript
Thanks for coming in today, Mrs. van der Merwe. You mentioned on the phone that you've been feeling quite low for several weeks — can you tell me more?
Dokter, dit voel al vir omtrent ses weke of alles net te swaar is. Ek het geen energie nie, en ek wil nie eens in die oggend opstaan nie.
I hear that. How many hours are you sleeping each night, and has your appetite changed at all?
Ek slaap seker net drie ure per nag, en ek het geen lus vir kos nie. Ek het al amper vyf kilogram verloor.
That's a significant drop. Based on what you've described, I'd like to refer you to a psychologist under a Mental Health Care Plan.
'n Sielkundige? Ek weet nie of ek gemaklik sal wees om met 'n vreemdeling te praat nie, maar ek sal probeer.
It's completely confidential, and Medicare will cover part of the cost for up to ten sessions this year. Does that sound manageable?
Dit klink goed, veral as dit deur Medicare gedek word. Ek kan nie nou addisionele koste bekostig nie.
Good. If you ever feel unsafe or have thoughts of harming yourself, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 straightaway, day or night.
Ek verstaan. Ek het nog nie sulke gedagtes gehad nie, maar dit is goed om van Lifeline te weet.
I'll also start you on a low dose of medication, and we'll review everything in two weeks' time. Does Thursday at four suit you?
Donderdag om vieruur pas my goed, dokter. Dankie dat u vandag so aandagtig na my geluister het.
Terms in this dialogue that cost marks
CCL is marked on information transferred. These Australian terms have no direct word in most test languages — get one wrong and the segment's information is gone.
- mental health care planVerduidelik dit as 'n geestesgesondheidsorgplan deur die dokter opgestel vir gesubsidieerde beradingsessies; die term self kan getranslitereer word as 'geestesgesondheidsplan'.
- medicareSê net 'Medicare' soos dit is; dit is 'n eiename en het geen Afrikaanse vertaling nie.
- lifelineSê net 'Lifeline' soos dit is, aangesien dit 'n eiename is.
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Practice dialogue written to the CCL specification (two speakers, segments of 35 words or fewer, about 300 words). It is a practice text, not a NAATI test paper, and the AI score is this site's estimate, not a NAATI result. All Afrikaans dialogues · All languages