By Mutaz Al Mudaris While Collecting my thoughts on this topic I was thinking of a similar title like: “1000 reasons why medical interpreter education is key to professionalism”. Simply because the benefits are countless. I can write volumes about this, yet because its such a rich topic I had difficulty in where to start from…. Education is offered nowadays […]
By Rafael M Mas-Nieves CMI-Spanish As a bilingual individual (English/Spanish), helping LEP’s communicate with others, have be a very satisfactory and fulfilling passion. Whether it was done for a stranger at a retail store, a family member calling the utility company, or a friend trying to buy a ticket for a concert, trying to help by interpreting was always a […]
By Theresa M Heath, MS RID: CI, CT, ED: K-12, NIC-Master and SC: L Interpreting is a young profession and for sign language interpreters lacked standardization until 1964. Over those five decades, interpreting has evolved and is now touted as a practice profession much like that of doctor, lawyer, or an accountant. New theories have been developed, ethics has become […]
By Vanessa Caraveo, CMI-Spanish The Flame that Never Dies: The great American philosopher John Dewey once said, “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” This truly depicts the importance education has in our lives and more so, the benefits one reaps in attaining the knowledge needed in today’s fast-paced world and ever changing society and of course, […]
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