How to Be a Professional Interpreter

Course length:  2 hours  

Course access period: 60 days from purchase date

Once purchased, course access cannot be paused. 

Course completion requirements: Pass one exit test (score of 70% or above).

Certificate: Downloadable certificate available immediately upon passing the exit test.

CEUs:

• Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI): 2 CCHI CE hours
• Maryland Court Interpreter Program: 2 CE credits
• Ontario Council on Community Interpreting: 2 OCCI PDUs

Learning objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Define professional identity and know how to conduct yourself as a professional interpreter.
• Create a professional development plan for interpreters that includes items for your professional toolkit; areas to improve; and professional goals.

What you will get:

• Your video instructor: Marjory A. Bancroft, MA
• 10 interactive exercises, including a role play in 9 language pairs and self-assessment of the interpreter’s performance
• An interpreter “business toolkit”
• A strategy to assess specific areas to improve the interpreter’s professionalism
• A two-part film showing a medical interpreter speaking privately to a doctor
• A written plan for professional development
• Practice in a three-step model for saying no to requests that violate professional boundaries or conduct
• Sections from The Community Interpreter®: An International Textbook and The Medical Interpreter: A Foundation Textbook for Medical Interpreting
• Course completion certificate

How this lesson will improve your practice:

You will:

• Know exactly how to conduct yourself in the field so that you act—and appear—as a true professional.
• Be able to set benchmarks to enhance your professionalism.
• Develop a sense of professional identity and know why it matters.
• Have a written plan for professional development.
• Be able to say “no” to inappropriate requests with professional skill.