Practice the Modes of Interpreting

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: 2 CCHI CE hours (Performance-Based)
• International Medical Interpreters Association: 0.2 IMIA/NBCMI CEUs
• Washington State Department of Social Health Services: 2 DSHS CECs
• Maryland Court Interpreter Program: 2 CE credits
• Washington State Court Interpreter Program: 2 CEUs
• Ontario Council on Community Interpreting: 2 OCCI PDUs

Learning objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Practice three modes of interpreting: consecutive, simultaneous and sight translation.
• Perform five steps for sight translation.

What you will get:

• Your video instructor:  Barry Slaughter Olsen, MA
• 11 interactive exercises
• 1 video demonstration of an interpreter in action
• 1 role play in 9 language pairs (done once in consecutive, once in simultaneous)
• 3 self-assessment handouts
• 1 chunking practice text
• 4 audio exercises for simultaneous
• 3 subject-matter handouts (medical, educational, human services)
• Specific strategies for continuing practice
• The CALL tool to help decide whether or not to sight translate a document
• 5 steps for sight translation
• Clear guidance on summarization (for out-of-control situations)
• 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:

• Have a clear foundation for understanding the three modes of interpreting.
• Build a repertoire of tools and techniques to use both while interpreting and while engaging in study, practice and professional growth.
• Have access to a treasure trove of tips and tools on how to execute the modes well.
• Be better equipped to make decisions about when to use simultaneous.
• Have a tool to help you decide to accept or decline a request to sight translate.
• Know when—and why—summarization may be both permissible and necessary in community and medical interpreting.