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Showing all 329 cities, 7003 providers in total.
City photographs come from Wikimedia Commons under CC BY or CC BY-SA. Each one names its photographer and licence on that city's own page.
Nothing matches that combination yet.
This directory is early and deliberately small: a provider only appears once we can point at a source for the language it works in. If you know one that belongs here, tell us and include where the language is stated.
How to read this
Currently 7003 providers across 329 cities, 13 service types and 56 languages. Nothing goes in without a source, and the source is named on every card.
Read the tier before you trust the row. Roughly half these listings now come from aggregator directories, and many of those make a claim about their whole roster ("our listed clinics speak English") rather than about the named business. We say so in the card's own words. A provider that states its languages on its own site is a stronger signal than one that appears on a list someone else curates, and a directory may sell placement.
Each card carries a tier saying how we know, because that matters more than the claim itself:
- Official listA government body, embassy or consulate publishes this provider on a list defined by working language. Strongest tier available without visiting.
- We confirmedSomeone from The Nomad HQ contacted or visited the provider and confirmed. Nothing carries this tier yet.
- Says so itselfThe provider's own website states the language. Reliable about intent, unverified about fluency.
- Directory onlyOnly a third-party directory or aggregator states it. Weakest tier; these have a commercial interest in the listing. Many make a roster-level claim ("the clinics we list speak English") rather than one about the named business, and the row's note says which.
We have not visited or called any of these providers. Nothing here carries the "we confirmed" tier yet, so treat every entry as a claim someone else made, not a recommendation from us. A hospital advertising interpretation services is not the same as a doctor who speaks your language, and a directory listing may be paid placement on the directory's side.
Where the German Embassy in Bangkok is the source, note their own wording: the list is published without guarantee of accuracy or service quality, and naming a doctor or hospital does not constitute an endorsement. The same caution applies to everything else on this page.
No provider has paid to appear here, and there are no affiliate links in these listings. If that ever changes, paid placement will be labelled as paid.