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Operational insight on interpreting and access, written by the coordinators and interpreters who handle these situations daily.
3 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 article Deaf CommunityThe Deaf Community and ASL After 31 years of the Historic Event at Gallaudet University
The historic protest in 1988 at Gallaudet University is still a source of inspiration for the deaf community. On March 6, 1988, the deaf community surrounded Gallaudet University when Elisabeth A.
Read article InterpretingRole of Interpreters in Multilingual Voting
Voting is a right of every citizen; although the Voting Right act came into existence in 1965, states are still working to place the systems efficiently to fulfill the goal of giving the ability to vote to everyone.
Read article InterpretingResources for L.O.T.S. Interpreters
Many interpreters want to learn new languages to open a world of opportunities for them. A friend of mine, who is also a staff interpreter at the Supreme Court, is one of them.
Read article InterpretingRequirements of Video Remote Interpreting
Video Remote Interpreting is becoming extremely popular and a perfect blend of humanity and technology. Now interpreting agencies are widely using this technique to offer language services to clients.
Read article Deaf CommunityNew Opportunities for Deaf Around the World
Hearing ability is important to language and speech development because it causes a delay that further forms communication barriers. In recent years, certain policies and innovations have provided solutions to many...
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