In popular culture, Murphy’s law refers to the idea that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. The world is seldom a tidy, predictable place, and this applies to the world of interpreting as well. Whether working in healthcare, the legal system, the education system, or elsewhere, interpreters are consistently faced with challenging situations that demand a responsible, professional response. These are ethical dilemmas.
This webinar will first present attendees with a review of varying examples of interpreter codes of ethics. Next, attendees will go over examples of ethical dilemmas that force interpreters to put these codes of ethics into practice. The bulk of the time spent in this webinar will be spent exploring authentic ethical dilemmas from dialogues on Terp (https://terp.app), and attendees, in real time, will mark how they would respond in an interactive survey. After recording how they would respond, attendees will predict the consequences of their decisions and defend their responses using principles from interpreter codes of ethics.
This webinar received approval for the following CEUs: 1 CCHI CE hour, 0.1 IMIA/NBCMI CEU, 1 ATA CEP, and 0.1 RID CEU. Note that you must have attended the live session to receive these credits.
About the presenter: Dr. Devin Gilbert is a translation/interpreting practitioner, educator, and researcher. He teaches Spanish Translation and Interpreting as an Assistant Professor at Utah Valley University’s (UVU) Department of Languages & Cultures. His research interests include translation/interpreting pedagogy, translation process research, and translation/interpreting technology. Devin enjoys developing software for the web and is constantly trying to expand his developer skillset. In 2022, he started developing Terp, a web-based interpreting training platform that seeks to make quality, authentic interpreting practice dialogues more accessible and interactive.
Learning objectives
Attendees of this webinar will be able to:
Recognize when a situation is an ethical dilemma.
Predict potential consequences for differing responses to an ethical dilemma.
Defend a strategic response to an ethical dilemma using principles from an interpreter code of ethics.
No, CCC is an organization dedicated solely to interpreter and cultural competence training. Our mission is language access. However, we do provide graduates of The Community Interpreter® with a list of nearby language companies and public organizations that employ interpreters. We also occasionally send out job postings to our program graduates and/or e-newsletter subscribers at the request of other organizations.
Cross-Cultural Communications is the leading international training agency in the U.S. devoted to community interpreting, educational interpreting, healthcare interpreting and cultural competence. It is also the only organization that licenses community interpreters across the U.S. and in other countries. We regularly train bilingual staff as well as contract interpreters. We also provide training and consulting services to private companies, non-profits and government agencies. Our programs are grounded in a mixture of theory and practical, hands-on activities.
The Community Interpreter® International, or TCII, is a 40-hour certificate training program for interpreters who are just starting out or those experienced interpreters who are looking for a recognized qualification. Subjects covered include the interpreting code of ethics and standards of practice in order to give participants a solid grounding in the profession. This is complemented by practical, hands-on activities such as role-plays and interactive group discussions. The program fulfills the 40-hour training requirements considered by many (certifying bodies employers and industry associations) to be the minimum needed to entire the field.
At the moment, a combination of two CCC programs fulfills this requirement: Medical Terminology for Interpreters (7.5 hours) and The Community Interpreter® International. Since TCII is open to all community interpreters and the subject matter covers education and social services as well as medical interpreting, at the end of each TCII session any participant who is seeking medical interpreter certification will be given a letter from CCC, stating the number of hours that can be counted towards this requirement. Typically 34-36 hours count towards the 40 hour requirement.
Yes, although the CE credits offered for each program will vary according to course length and content. Our programs are currently approved for continuing education credits by the following organizations:
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