How to Be a Professional Interpreter

All course content is presented in English, with multiple opportunities to practice all your working languages.  That makes the program perfect for interpreters who speak or sign ANY language.

Course length:  2 hours  

Course access period: 60 days from purchase date

Once purchased, course access cannot be paused. See our FAQ for information on purchasing course access extensions.

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 (CCHI): 2 CCHI CE hours
• Maryland Court Interpreter Program: 2 CE credits
• Ontario Council on Community Interpreting: 2 OCCI PDUs

Learning objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Define professional identity and know how to conduct yourself as a professional interpreter.
• Create a professional development plan for interpreters that includes items for your professional toolkit; areas to improve; and professional goals.

What you will get:

• Your video instructor: Marjory A. Bancroft, MA
• 10 interactive exercises, including a role play in 9 language pairs and self-assessment of the interpreter’s performance
• An interpreter “business toolkit”
• A strategy to assess specific areas to improve the interpreter’s professionalism
• A two-part film showing a medical interpreter speaking privately to a doctor
• A written plan for professional development
• Practice in a three-step model for saying no to requests that violate professional boundaries or conduct
• 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:

• Know exactly how to conduct yourself in the field so that you act—and appear—as a true professional.
• Be able to set benchmarks to enhance your professionalism.
• Develop a sense of professional identity and know why it matters.
• Have a written plan for professional development.
• Be able to say “no” to inappropriate requests with professional skill.

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