Interpreting in Community Settings
When: April 4, 8, 11, 13, 15 20, 22 (7 days, Mon-Wed-Fri)
Time: 10am to 5pm MST
Fee: $690.00
Early Bird: $650.00 (ends March 26h, 2022)
Active Cesco interpreters Early Bird: $590.00 (after March 26h: $630.00)
This is a hybrid event: participants from local areas are to be attending in person. It is offered virtually for participants outside local areas.
Onsite Attendance: 1355 S Colorado Boulevard, Denver CO 80222.
Virtual Attendance: link will be provided for those attending outside local areas.
Registration is final
The Community Interpreter® is the first and only national 40+ hour certificate program for community interpreting in the U.S.
This course covers ethics and conduct, basic skills (from pre-session to post-session), positioning, terminology, modes of interpreting, steps for sight translation, intervention strategies, cultural mediation, and other vital skills and protocols. It breaks professional skills into simple components and offers simple decision-making tools to help interpreters make on-the-spot judgment calls in daily practice. It tackles many of the most persistent challenges in the field and proposes practical, easy-to-implement strategies based on the highest professional standards. It also guides interpreters on how to develop problem-solving skills and use decision-making tools that they can apply almost anywhere through extensive use of role plays, activities and group exercises, as well as discussions based on video.
The program concludes with a two-hour written assessment on the last day of training. It offers three levels of certificates for successful candidates:
Level 1: Qualified Interpreter
Level 2: Professionally Trained Interpreter
Level 3: Hospitality Interpreter
Participants are required to take language proficiency assessments prior starting class and will receive a language proficiency certificate. The language proficiency assessment fees are not included in the registration and results must be received to issue a final training certificate upon successful completion of the training written test.
- If are attending remotely, attendance online is mandatory, with audio and camera on.
- If you are attending in person, attendance in person is mandatory.
- Attendance is required in person or remote according to registration. Remote attendance is for those that attend from distant locations.
- Homework is required for this training.
To read more on the training modules, see below.
MODULE 1: The Profession
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Section 1.1 The Profession of Community Interpreting
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Section 1.2 Interpreter Credentials
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Section 1.3 Ethics and Standards for Community Interpreters
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Section 1.4 Application of Ethical Principles
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Section 1.5 Ethical Principles in Action
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Section 1.6 How to assess your performance
MODULE 2: Protocol and Skills
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Section 2.1 Stages of the Encounter
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Section 2.2 Four Protocols for Community Interpreting
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Section 2.3 Memory Skills
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Section 2.4 Message Transfer Skills
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Section 2.5 Modes, Summarization and Mode Switching
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Section 2.6 Note-taking for Community Interpreting
MODULE 3: Strategic Mediation
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Section 3.1 Unconscious Bias
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Section 3.2 Deciding When to Intervene
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Section 3.3 Scripts for Mediation
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Section 3.4 The Strategic Mediation Model
MODULE 4: Professional Identity
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Section 4.1 Professional Identity
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Section 4.2. Professional Practice
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Section 4.3 Legal Interpreting
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Section 4.4 Emerging Specializations
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Section 4.5 Preparing Terminology
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Section 4.6 Remote Interpreting
MODULE 5: The Role of the Community Interpreter
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Section 5.3 Advocacy and the Community Interpreter
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Section 5.4 Standards of Practice
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Section 5.5 Self Care and Personal Wellness
Giovanna Carriero-Contreras is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Cesco Linguistic Services.
She has over 30 years of experience in the language services industry, including interpreting, translation, and training. She has held positions in the U.K., U.S., and Switzerland. A graduate of the School of Translation and Interpretation in Geneva, her working languages are Italian, French, Spanish, and English.
She co-authored The Community Interpreter: An International (TCII) Textbook and Workbook and The Medical Interpreter: A Foundation Textbook for Medical Interpreting. She is a TCII TOT and Master Interpreter trainer.
She has worked in the language services industry for over 30 years as a translator, interpreter, educator, author, and national and international speaker. She is a graduate of the School of Translation and Interpretation in Geneva, Switzerland.
She is a co-author and trainer-of-trainers of The Community Interpreter program, a training program for community interpreters. She serves as Chair-Elect of the American Association of Interpreters and Translators in Education (AAITE); is a member of the ASTM Committee F43 on Language Services and Products and Chief of US Delegation for the ISO/TC 37/SC 5 for translation, interpreting, and related technology standards. She sits on the Advocacy Committee and the Language Access Committee of the Association of Language Companies (ALC) and is Chair-Elect of the newly formed American Association of Translators and Interpreters in Education.
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