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Warehouse Back Injury Assessment
General Practitioner (speaking English) and Warehouse Worker (speaking Swahili) talk through “Warehouse Back Injury Assessment”. You interpret both ways — English into Swahili, and Swahili into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Mr. Otieno, can you tell me exactly when your back pain started, and what you were doing at Coles when it began?
Daktari, ninafanya kazi ya kupakia mizigo ghalani kwenye duka la Coles, hapa Dandenong. Maumivu yalianza wiki tatu zilizopita nilipokuwa nikiinua sanduku zito sana.
Does the pain shoot down into your leg at all, or does it stay only in your lower back, especially when you bend?
Maumivu yanashuka mpaka mguu wangu wa kulia, hasa ninaposimama kwa muda mrefu au ninapoinama kuokota vitu.
I'll examine your spine now, then send you for an X-ray at Dandenong Hospital tomorrow so we can check whether a disc is involved.
Je, ninaweza kuendelea kufanya kazi yangu ya kupakia mizigo ghalani wakati ninasubiri matokeo ya X-ray?
Not your usual warehouse duties — you mustn't lift anything heavier than 10 kilograms, or twist while carrying boxes, until we get the X-ray results back next week.
Naelewa, daktari. Je, unaweza kunipa dawa ya maumivu, na barua ya kumwambia msimamizi wangu kwenye Coles kuhusu kazi nyepesi?
I'll prescribe an anti-inflammatory for the pain, and I'll write a medical certificate restricting you to light duties for the next two weeks while you heal.
Asante sana. Je, nitahitaji kuonana na mtaalamu wa physiotherapy? Na itachukua muda gani, na gharama itakuwaje?
Yes, I'll refer you to Monash Health physiotherapy — they usually offer an appointment within about one week, and it's bulk-billed so there's no out-of-pocket cost.
Asante sana daktari. Nitafuata ushauri wako, nitampa msimamizi wangu barua hiyo, na sitainua mizigo mizito mpaka nipone.
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- medical certificateSema 'cheti cha daktari'.
- light dutiesTumia 'majukumu mepesi' au 'kazi nyepesi' kama tafsiri sahihi.
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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 Swahili dialogues · All languages