How to Perform Standard Interpreting Protocols

Course length: 1.5 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:

• Washington State Department of Social Health Services: 1.5 DSHS CECs
• Maryland Court Interpreter Program: 1.5 CE credits
• Ontario Council on Community Interpreting: 1.5 OCCI PDUs

Learning objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Discuss and practice four protocols for medical and community interpreting: positioning, introductions, direct speech and turn-taking.
• Make decisions about when and how to perform these four protocols during interpreting assignments.

What you will get:

• Your video instructor: Rita Monroy, MA
• 9 interactive exercises (including timed practice of an interpreter introduction)
• 5 audio recordings of indirect speech to be converted to direct speech
• A model interpreter introduction
• 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:

• Understand what interpreting protocols are, their purpose and why they matter.
• Know how to perform four basic interpreting protocols professionally.
• Be able to select a position for all parties that supports direct communication.
• Be familiar with advantages and disadvantages of various interpreter positions.
• Understand why to avoid eye contact while interpreting (with differences between spoken and signed interpreting).
• Know what to do with your gaze while you interpret.
• Be able to conduct a professional interpreter introduction.