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Wisdom Tooth Referral and Pain Management
Dentist (speaking English) and Patient (speaking Afrikaans) talk through “Wisdom Tooth Referral and Pain Management”. 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
Your X-ray shows the lower wisdom tooth is impacted against the nerve, so I'm referring you to an oral surgeon at Toowoomba Hospital for removal.
Hoe lank sal ek moet wag voordat hulle die tand kan uithaal?
The waiting list for that type of extraction is currently running up to three weeks at the public clinic, but I'll mark your referral as urgent because of the pain.
Drie weke is nogal lank as ek nou al so baie pyn het. Is daar iets wat ek in die tussentyd kan neem?
I'll prescribe ibuprofen, four hundred milligrams, three times a day for the pain. Do you have any allergies to medication?
Nee, ek is nie allergies vir enigiets nie, maar ek gebruik warfarin vir my hart.
Warfarin can affect bleeding during surgery, so I'll note that clearly for the surgeon and suggest sticking to soft foods until then.
Kan ek nog koffie drink, of moet ek dit ook vermy tot na die operasie?
You can still drink coffee, just keep it lukewarm and sip from the opposite side of your mouth for now.
Wat moet ek doen as die swelling erger raak voordat die drie weke verby is?
If the swelling or fever gets significantly worse before then, please don't wait the full three weeks — go straight to Toowoomba Hospital's emergency department instead.
Goed, dankie. Ek sal versigtig eet, die pynmiddels neem soos u gesê het, en dadelik gaan as dit vererger.
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- waiting listVertaal as 'waglys' — dit is 'n direkte en algemeen gebruikte term.
- emergency departmentSê 'ongevalle-eenheid' of 'noodgevalle-afdeling' — albei word verstaan; sommige kandidate gebruik ook net 'emergency department'.
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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