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- Getting that Job 04/07/2019
- Why we Need Professional Interpreters in Health Care 02/20/2019
- Conferences are Only for Doctors, Right? 01/05/2019
- Weaving a Torn World Back Together 12/17/2018
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Tag Archives: interpreter training
Getting that Job
by Cynthia E. Roat, MPH Past blogs on this site have talked about how community interpreters are contracted: as full- or part-time staff or as freelancers, working directly for healthcare or social service institutions or through language service providers (sometimes … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, community interpreting, interpreter training, interpreting
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The World of a Community Interpreter
Question: In what profession can you assist at a birth, sign a family up for Medicaid, achieve justice for a victim of fraud, teach a patient to calculate his insulin dosage, get welfare benefits for a single mom, rescue a … Continue reading
What in the World is an Interpreter?
They are found in the murals in ancient Egyptian tombs. They are lauded as indispensable links . . . . . . and reviled as traitors. They walk in two worlds, building bridges between people who speak different languages. And, … Continue reading