Giovanna Carriero-Contreras, Owner of CESCO Linguistic Services
COVID-19 changed everything. Overnight, face-to-face interpreting was gone. OPI (over-the-phone interpreting) is not enough. People are in three locations now—for example, the parent, the teacher and the interpreter. Video remote interpreting (VRI) is almost useless unless people are in two locations (for example, doctor and patient together with the interpreter somewhere else).
So what about RSI? Remote simultaneous interpreting is the only effective way to give a public talk without your interpreter interrupting all the time. If you are a community interpreter, chances are you’ve been exposed to simultaneous interpreting, especially in educational settings. But the way we deliver services has also changed. One size does not fit all. Join us to learn the landscape of RSI options. Whether it’s a big platform like KUDO, an affordable platform such as Zoom, or several phone lines to interpreters of different languages—the choices come with different price tags. Interpreters, interpreter service providers as well as schools and community services need to understand how these different modalities work.
Learning objectives
After attending this webinar, the participant will be able to:
Contrast and compare major platforms for RSI used in schools and community services.
Explain these options to clients, interpreters or colleagues.
Describe the adjustments that practitioners, service providers and language service providers need to make to provide effective RSI in school and community settings while accounting for budgetary and logistical limitations.
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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