How to Work Effectively with Interpreters
Be an active participant of the interpreting session!
In this workshop you will:
- Learn the roles of medical, community, and legal interpreters
- Learn and sharpen skills to better monitor professional interpreters and identify interpreters who are not conducting themselves in a professional manner
- Become familiar with the National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare Code of Ethics
- Learn about ways to minimize cost when providing high quality language access to Limited English Proficient persons and deaf and hard of hearing individuals
- Update yourself on state efforts to increase pool of qualified interpreters
Topics include:
- Identifying the interpreting setting
- The roles of the medical and community interpreters
- Professional code of ethics for collaborative and adversarial settings
- Effective ways to schedule interpreters
- When to use telephone/video vs. on-site interpreters
- Being an active participant in an interpreting session
Who should attend:
This 2-hour workshop is intended for individuals who provide services in health care, social services, and law enforcement, and who are interested in being active participants in selecting and working with professional interpreters.
Presented by:
Saul Arteaga
Director of SWITS, Ltd.
Certified Interpreter and Trainer of Interpreters
Bilingual Employees in the Education System
Define Your Role!
In this workshop you will learn:
- The difference between a bilingual employee and interpreter
- The difference between interpreting and translation
- How to define your role
- Interpreter standards and protocol
- The National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare Code of Ethics
Who should attend:
This 2-hour workshop is intended for individuals who work in the educational system as a bilingual employee. During this workshop, participants will learn to difference between interpreters and bilingual employees, how to define their role, and best practices of interpreting.
Presented by:
Saul Arteaga
Director of SWITS, Ltd.
Certified Interpreter and Trainer of Interpreters
Working with SWITS Telephone Interpreters
Be An Active Participant Of The Interpreting Session!
In this workshop you will learn:
- When it is appropriate to use telephone interpreting
- How telephone interpreting works
- Roles of the medical, community, and legal interpreter (customized for your setting)
- Tools to better monitor professional interpreters and identify interpreters who are not conducting themselves in a professional manner
- The National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare Code of Ethics
- How telephone interpreting can minimize cost
Who should attend:
This 2-hour workshop is intended for individuals who use, or are interested in using, SWITS Telephone Interpreting Service. During this workshop participants will learn which situations are suited for telephone interpreting, what to expect during a telephone interpreting session, and how telephone interpreting can help to minimize cost.
Presented by:
Saul Arteaga
Director of SWITS, Ltd.
Certified Interpreter and Trainer of Interpreters