FINAL EXAM REVIEW INTERPRETER
COURSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is bias? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -It refers to a personal attitude or
perspective that is not impartial and tends to favor one viewpoint or social group over
another. It is usually unconscious.
Define working language - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Any language the interpreter
interprets in
What is Project Implicit? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -It's a Harvard-based project
suported by decades of research that lets you explore your own unconscious bias in a
series of tests.
What is community interpreting? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -A specialization of
interpreting that facilitates access to community services.
Define intervening - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -The act of interrupting a session for
any reason.
What is bias? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -It refers to a personal attitude or
perspective that is not impartial and tends to favor one viewpoint or social group over
another. It is usually unconscious.
Define mediation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Any act or utterance of the
interpreter that goes beyond interpreting and is intended to address a barrier to
communication or service delivery (or access to the service).
Define Source language - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -The language your interpret
FROM
Define medical interpreting. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Interpreting for patients,
their families and healthcare providers, i.e., a specialization of interpreting that facilitates
access to healthcare.
When should you mediate? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -When the potential
consequences of NOT intervening exceed the risk of intervening.
What is a mediation script? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -It is a mental statement
that helps prepare you to mediate effectively. You can write them down.
, What is Project Implicit? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -It's a Harvard-based project
suported by decades of research that lets you explore your own unconscious bias in a
series of tests.
Why should you have mediation scripts? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -They will
make you more efficient mediators!
Define Target language - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -The language you interpret
INTO
What is a good guideline for mediation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -When in
doubt, stay out!
Are medical interpreters community interpreters? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -
YES!!!!!!!!!!
Do interpreters need to report or interpret (for the other party) what they say when they
intervene? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -YES! Transparency is required under the
NCIHC (and the textbook) ethics and standards. You have to interpret EVERYTHING —
including what you say!
Define intervening - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -The act of interrupting a session for
any reason.
Why is transparency is so important when you mediate? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅✅ -If you are not transparent you undermined communicative autonomy and direct
communication as well as trust.
Some interpreters who are not transparent can be patronizing or paternalistic...
List the 3 stages of the encounter - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Pre-encounter,
Encounter, Post-Encounter
What are the five steps for mediation? Must know them in order. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅✅ -1. interpret what you just said
2. identify yourself as the interpreter
3. mediate briefly
4. report your mediation to the other party
5. resume interpreting
What is the purpose of interpreting? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -To facilitate
communication between 2 or more parties who do not share a common language.
Why shouldn't you explain a cultural misunderstanding yourself? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅✅ -You could be wrong.
You are taking away that person's voice.
You undermined communicative autonomy.
COURSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is bias? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -It refers to a personal attitude or
perspective that is not impartial and tends to favor one viewpoint or social group over
another. It is usually unconscious.
Define working language - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Any language the interpreter
interprets in
What is Project Implicit? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -It's a Harvard-based project
suported by decades of research that lets you explore your own unconscious bias in a
series of tests.
What is community interpreting? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -A specialization of
interpreting that facilitates access to community services.
Define intervening - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -The act of interrupting a session for
any reason.
What is bias? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -It refers to a personal attitude or
perspective that is not impartial and tends to favor one viewpoint or social group over
another. It is usually unconscious.
Define mediation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Any act or utterance of the
interpreter that goes beyond interpreting and is intended to address a barrier to
communication or service delivery (or access to the service).
Define Source language - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -The language your interpret
FROM
Define medical interpreting. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Interpreting for patients,
their families and healthcare providers, i.e., a specialization of interpreting that facilitates
access to healthcare.
When should you mediate? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -When the potential
consequences of NOT intervening exceed the risk of intervening.
What is a mediation script? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -It is a mental statement
that helps prepare you to mediate effectively. You can write them down.
, What is Project Implicit? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -It's a Harvard-based project
suported by decades of research that lets you explore your own unconscious bias in a
series of tests.
Why should you have mediation scripts? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -They will
make you more efficient mediators!
Define Target language - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -The language you interpret
INTO
What is a good guideline for mediation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -When in
doubt, stay out!
Are medical interpreters community interpreters? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -
YES!!!!!!!!!!
Do interpreters need to report or interpret (for the other party) what they say when they
intervene? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -YES! Transparency is required under the
NCIHC (and the textbook) ethics and standards. You have to interpret EVERYTHING —
including what you say!
Define intervening - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -The act of interrupting a session for
any reason.
Why is transparency is so important when you mediate? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅✅ -If you are not transparent you undermined communicative autonomy and direct
communication as well as trust.
Some interpreters who are not transparent can be patronizing or paternalistic...
List the 3 stages of the encounter - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Pre-encounter,
Encounter, Post-Encounter
What are the five steps for mediation? Must know them in order. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅✅ -1. interpret what you just said
2. identify yourself as the interpreter
3. mediate briefly
4. report your mediation to the other party
5. resume interpreting
What is the purpose of interpreting? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -To facilitate
communication between 2 or more parties who do not share a common language.
Why shouldn't you explain a cultural misunderstanding yourself? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅✅ -You could be wrong.
You are taking away that person's voice.
You undermined communicative autonomy.
