Community Interpreting
A specialization of interpreting that facilitates access to community services.
Medical interpreting
interpreting for pt's and their families and HCP to facilitate acess to health care.
Are medical interpreters community interpreters?
YES!
What is the ...
Spanish Interpreter Written Exam
questions and answers
Community Interpreting - answer A specialization of interpreting that facilitates access to
community services.
Medical interpreting - answer interpreting for pt's and their families and HCP to facilitate acess
to health care.
Are medical interpreters community interpreters? - answer YES!
What is the purpose of interpreting? - answer To facilitate communication between 2 or more
parties who do not share a common language.
Communicative autonomy? - answer The capacity of each party in an encounter to be
*responsible* for and in control of his or her own communication
Which area of community interpreting has become the most professionalized? - answer
Medical/ healthcare interpreting
What are the minimum requirements for a community/ medical interpreter to practice as an
interpreter? - answer - be 18 or older
- Have high school/ 2ndary school diploma
- Proof of language proficiency
- Have certificate for 40 hours of interpreting training
certificate - answer official doc. attesting to a fact "proof of completion"
, Certification - answer A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is evaluated and
recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards.
- rigorous evaluation that includes a written exam/ oral skills exam
Which kind of org. develop recognized certification programs for interpreters? - answer
Interpreting professions broadly at least in North America.
- recognize only certification programs developed by federal, state gov's and professional
bodies.
If you graduate successfully from a 40-hour interpreting program, are you certified? - answer
NO: you receive a certificate and are professionally trained.
Name to Org. that provide national medical interpreter certification? - answer - CCHI
- NBCMI
Is there national U.S. certification for community interpreters? - answer No, but there is a
certification.
- In Washington has one for both medical and social services interpreters.
What is a code of ethics? Why does it matter? - answer Strictest requirements of any profession
- Help make decisions in difficult situations
- Help guide from "right and wrong"
what is standard of practice? - answer The guidelines on how to support your ethics and
perform at a professional level.
Differences between ethics and standard of practice: - answer Code of ethics: rules, what we
should do, more strict.
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