Table 4.

Experiences of Interpreters

	% responding Always/ Most of the time	% responding Sometimes	% responding Seldom/ Never
Uncomfortable with your understanding of the process
Cancer Basics	8%	50%	42%
Clinical Trials	14	43	37
Uncomfortable with your understanding of the physician's explanations
Cancer Basics	2	35	63
Clinical Trials	6	54	34
Uncomfortable with your understanding of the technical terms
Cancer Basics	5	48	46
Clinical Trials	11	49	31
Uncomfortable with patients' understanding of the process
Cancer Basics	16	48	35
Clinical Trials	15	50	29
Had to ask provider to reword, explain or clarify something they have just explained
Cancer Basics	0	60	38
Clinical Trials	5	64	23
Told a provider that you don't know or understand a term
Cancer Basics	1	36	60
Clinical Trials	1	55	36
Asked by a doctor or nurse to read the English consent document to the patient (sight translate)
Cancer Basics	25	44	30
Clinical Trials	38	38	18
Asked to explain a consent document or treatment to a patient without a provider present
Cancer Basics	2	26	71
Clinical Trials	3	41	50
Read the English consent document to the patient (sight translated)
Cancer Basics	8	33	56
Clinical Trials	15	29	47
Had to explain a consent document or treatment to a patient without a provider present
Cancer Basics	4	13	81
Clinical Trials	4	19	69
Had to take the initiative to summarize a provider's explanation because it is too long to remember entirely
Cancer Basics	1	22	73
Clinical Trials	10	37	45