Practical guidance from people who do the work.
Operational insight on interpreting and access, written by the coordinators and interpreters who handle these situations daily.
Importance of Video Remote Interpreting
Video Remote Interpreting offers sign language interpreting or spoken language interpreting solution to deaf or hard of hearing people to communicate effectively with a hearing person via video conferencing.
Read article InterpretingSign Language Interpreters and Self Care
Sign language interpreting is a demanding job and requires compassion, patience, a heart of service, and flexibility. Certain tips will ensure sustainability. Sometimes a call or an assignment goes smoothly in a...
Read article InterpretingSign Language Interpreters and Mentoring
Think of a situation when you are sitting in a classroom with your peers, and suddenly you realize that soon you will graduate from the interpreter education program.
Read article InterpretingThe Identity of a Person As An Interpreter
Interpreters come across various questions about their identity, such as who are you? Where are you from? An interpreter faces complications while answering these questions because they have multiple identities (ex.
Read article Deaf CommunityUse of Technology in Empowering the Deaf
Technology has assisted the Deaf by making them independent. New advances are making their life easy. Here we will discuss a few examples of technological advancements that are boon for deaf people.
Read article Interpreting3 Steps to Hiring a Sign Language Interpreter
The single largest barrier between the Deaf and hearing communities is the language or the means to communicate. Many hearing individuals have very little interaction with the deaf and hard of hearing.
Read article InterpretingA Day of an Interpreter
Being an interpreter is exciting, but it is a demanding job. Years of hard work, discipline, and experience is required for becoming a professional interpreter.
Read article InterpretingLatest Bill for Interpreter‘s protection from AB5
Interpreters and translators are affected by the AB5 bill as they cannot further work as independent contractors. More than half of California-based translators and interpreters are independent contractors.
Read article InterpretingSign Language Interpreters and Behavioral Ethics
There is a critical gap between the code of conduct and current practice for sign language interpreters when ethical decision-making is tested through the point of behavioral ethics.
Read article InterpretingHow Can Sign Language Interpreters Stay Inspired?
Motivation plays an important role in our day-to-day life. Everyone needs to be passionate about giving the best of themselves. But how this fire should be kept alive?
Read article InterpretingMental Health Settings and Interpreters
Sometimes sign language interpreters come across situations with which they are not equipped to deal. Let us understand a situation by an incident that happened in Friendlyville, a city with a midsized population and...
Read article InterpretingInterpreting During the Covid-19 Pandemic- For Businesses and Freelancers
In this hard time, when the entire world is encountering the Covid-19 pandemic, everyone has a lot of uncertainty about personal lives, and this global health issue is affecting the interpreting business too.
Read articleQuestions about interpreting or access?
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