Paramedics Use Google Translate While Delivering Baby

First time accepted submitter myatari writes Irish paramedics transporting a pregnant Congolese woman to a maternity hospital in Cork had to use some quick thinking when the mum-to-be went into labor en-route. The two paramedics (neither of whom speak Swahili) fired up Google Translate to communicate via English-Swahili and successfully delivered baby girl "Brigid" (named after an Irish Saint no less!).

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[jhol13]

I wonder what would have happened had they not had Google Translate. A boy?

Re:Would French not have worked?

[Anonymous Coward]

Swahili is one of the 4 official non-European languages in DRC with approximately 33 million DRC citizens speaking the language.

So... the story makes sense... kind of. I agree though, French would have been my go-to language for someone from DRC. I've traveled in DRC (eastern side) and French was always the first thing anyone spoke to me.

re: google translate

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm a husband and I feel that google translate is missing the most important language: "english"->"wife". When she says "Do I look ok in this dress?" and I say "yep.", she seems to hear something different.

It'd help clear up many misunderstandings.

A story of Saint Brigid.

[XNormal]

"A certain woman who had taken the vow of chastity fell, through youthful desire of pleasure and her womb swelled with child. Brigid, exercising the most potent strength of her ineffable faith, blessed her, causing the child to disappear, without coming to birth, and without pain. She faithfully returned the woman to health and to penance."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Brigid

Was the mother of that child trying to hint something with that choice of name?