The Remote Interpreter Online Module 1
Welcome to The Remote Interpreter Online (TRIO), your gateway to becoming a more effective and professional remote interpreter.
The Remote Interpreter Online Module 1 will cover how technology has impacted the interpreting field and why remote interpreting is here to stay. Discover the tools you need for an effective set-up and learn how to grow your skills to meet the needs of an evolving profession.
This course is based on the first volume of our ground-breaking publication, The Remote Interpreter: An International Textbook.
Topics covered in this module include:
Lesson 1 - An Overview of Remote Interpreting
Lesson 2 - The Technology You Need to Know for Remote Interpreting
Lesson 3 - Set Yourself Up as a Remote Interpreter
Lesson 4 - Set Up Your Session: Plan for Success
Lesson 5 - Modes in Remote Interpreting
Lesson 6 - Skills for Remote Interpreting
Lesson 7 - Protocols for Remote Interpreting
Lesson 8 - Ethics and Standards for Remote Interpreters
Lesson 9 - Applying Codes of Ethics to Remote Interpreting
The Remote Interpreter Online Module 1
Course Description: The Remote Interpreter Online (TRIO) Module 1 will cover how technology has impacted the interpreting field, and why remote interpreting is here to stay. Discover the tools you need for an effective set-up and learn how to grow and apply the skills, protocols and ethics you need to excel in this evolving profession.
Note: In Cross-Cultural Communications’ (CCC) courses, “remote interpreting” and “distance interpreting” are considered synonyms.
Course Length: 19.5 hours
Course Access: 90 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 9 exit tests (score of 70% or above).
Certificate: Downloadable certificates available immediately upon passing each lesson’s exit test.
CEUs:
- Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI): 19.5 CE hours
- International Medical Interpreters Association: 1.65 IMIA/NBCMI CEUs (additional 0.3 CEUs pending)
- Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf: 1.95 RID CEUs
- Ontario Council on Community Interpreting: 17 OCCI PDUs (additional 2.5 OCCI PDUs pending)
- Washington State Department of Social and Health Services: 18.0 DSHS General Credits
What you will get:
- 5 superbly qualified video instructors.
- 8 role plays, with many in four language pairs with English (Arabic, English, Mandarin, Spanish), including one extended video role play.
- 13 informative and demonstrative videos, including interviews with real remote interpreters.
- More than 120 interactive activities and self-assessment exercises.
- Access to the ground-breaking textbook in ebook format, The Remote Interpreter.
- 9 certificates of completion.
How this course will improve your practice:
- Know exactly what remote interpreting is and understand the history and current developments in the field.
- Be able to work more effectively as an information technology worker who interprets.
- Be able to set yourself up for a career in remote interpreting, and feel more confident and poised before and during remote sessions.
- Understand potential technical and other difficulties that could arise during a session, then prepare, prevent, and manage those difficulties.
- Define and compare modes of remote interpreting, and how they differ from face-to-face interpreting.
- Incorporate, enhance and adapt real-life skills to remote interpreting environments.
- Understand and apply protocols for remote interpreting.
- Understand and learn how to apply codes of ethics, standards of practice, international standards and best practices to your work as a remote interpreter.
