Sharpen Your Accuracy! Message Transfer Skills for Interpreters

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 or purchase your course extension here. 

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: 2 CCHI CE hours (Performance-Based)
• International Medical Interpreters Association: 0.2 IMIA/NBCMI CEUs
• Maryland Court Interpreter Program: 2 CE credits
• Washington State Court Interpreter Program: 2 CEUs
• Ontario Council on Community Interpreting: 2 OCCI PDUs

Learning objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Practice three cognitive processes: anticipating, multitasking and message analysis.
• Perform two skills-building techniques: parroting (shadowing) and paraphrasing.

What you will get:

• Your video instructor: Barry Slaughter Olsen, MA
• 10 interactive exercises
• Specific practice techniques featured in most university interpreting programs
• Guidance on how to continue professional development in message transfer skills beyond this course
• Handouts (medical, educational and human services texts)
• 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:

• Your accuracy will improve.
• You will know how to practice the skills that help you convert a message from one language to another with skill.
• You will understand what message transfer is and how component skills practice helps you interpret well.
• You will know how to engage in continuing education and professional growth.
• As others see the improvements in your performance, they will want you to come back to interpret for them.