Anyone know of any free services where I can have my Bonaire hospital bill translated from Dutch to English, so that I can file with my health insurance here in the United States?

TANSTAAFL (There Ain't Nothing Such As A Free Lunch - courtesy of Larry Niven, I believe).

Check with your insurance company on this, but based on my experience with "official" documents, they need to be done by a certified translator, meaning the translation is certified as authentic. I recently experienced this with the U.S. Government, where I was told that Dutch language documents had to be translated and certified by the Dutch Embassy nearest to me. I doubt the insurance company will be that strict, but they will certainly want some proof of a valid translation. And that's going to cost you something. Sorry.

Jake

Jake

If I'm not mistaken, TANSTAAFHL comes from Robert Heilein (and its free hot lunch)

Right you are about Heinlein, but I don't think so about the "hot" part.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TANSTAAFL

Jake

What do you know? It has been quite some time since I've read "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"

Mary B

Not that it helps you, but before I was discharged I asked for and received a translation of the medical papers I had from my stay at the San Fransico 'Hilton' in Bonaire.

Something to keep in mind if anyone else has need of the hospital...