Working with people gives interpreters all sorts of opportunities to form opinions based on what we see. Sometimes we encounter exchanges or treatments that we don’t agree with personally.
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Interpreter Certification, Why Bother?
Excerpt: Healthcare and Medical Interpreter certification has existed in the United States for several years. Is it worth pursuing? This article explores one angle interpreters should consider when answering that question for themselves.
Show Me the Money! Healthcare's Guide to Buying Language Services
Money talks and it is the pathway to success for health care and all medical interpreters. Learn how standards, consistency and efficiency in operations can have healthcare showing you the money!
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: How Consistency Can Save Interpreting
Consistency in any service, from a grocery store, to banks, to the doctor office, needs to be a consistent system. If Google marries Siri, will that fix all the variables for a consistent experience where ever you go? Let's hope that isn't the answer.
That's Not My Job... Or is it? Defining a Role That Matters in Healthcare
Defining the medical interpreter job can be tricky. If interpreters and their champions can't define the role, how will healthcare ever value it?
Squinting, Hummingbird, Scab, Treasure: A Linguistic Journey into Medical Interpreting
Are you a word wizard that occasionally gets stuck on the most mundane words? Interpreters work through this every day and can challenge the most powerful wizards of all!
Hacking Home Visits: Tips for Medical Interpreters
Home visits present a unique environment for medical interpreters. Here are some tips on how to ease into these unfamiliar environments.
Interpreters Are Not Editors
Interpreters need to convey an accurate message, not edit the speaker’s message or style of speech.
The Best Interpreter Ever
What does your professional journey look like so far? Where are you headed? Use this exercise to map your professional experiences and goals.
The Top 5 Reasons Interpreters Should Attend NCIHC’s Annual Membership Meeting
Prior to going to Portland, Maine, the only thing I knew about the city was that it had good seafood. It turns out that Portland is much more diverse than I ever expected.
Proposal: New Prerequisite for Healthcare Interpreters
All healthcare interpreters should experience what it's lik to rely on an interpreter for their own communication needs.
Interpreting: It's not all "Rose-Colored Lenses"
There are many happy moments in healthcare interpreting, but if you're considering making it a career, you need to ask yourself if you can handle the situations that aren't so rose-colored.
In Search of Bright Spots in the News
Being in touch with current events is relevant to the work of medical interpreters, but it can get overwhelming and exhausting. Be sure to find bright spots when keeping up on the news.
If Medical Interpreters Wore Body Cameras
Not many people get to see the amazing work of medical interpreters. If only they could!
Interpreting Pain
Medical interpreter deal with pain on a daily basis. Some types of pain are especially challenging to interpret.