Abstract
Recently, we have greater opportunities to provide medical care to foreign people who can't speak Japanese. In fact, not all of our medical staff can treat them with foreign languages although we are required to give them proper medical care even with language problems. Although we consider the treatment with an interpreter for foreign patients, it is very difficult to do such things all the time. However, it is imperative for nurses who take care of patients with 24-hour observation to communicate with them promptly.Actual conversation samples is being collected at the moment.It is necessary to create database picking up good conversation samples which help us to understand patient's condition and enable us to explain how it is. Creating translation system in consideration of differences between foreign people and Japanese in terms of cultures, religions and semantic baggages would make it possible to provide better medical environment to foreign patients. Also, we need to create another type of system with visual and audio for hearing-impaired patients and visually-impaired patients.
