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Community Interpreting - ANSWERSA specialization that facilitates access to
community resources
Medical Interpreting - ANSWERSInterpreting for patients, their families, providers to
facilitate access to healthcare
Communicative Autonomy - ANSWERSThe capacity of each party in the encounter to
be responsible for and control their own communication
Which area of interpreting has become more professional - ANSWERSMedical
Requirements to become certified - ANSWERS1. 18 years old 2. HS grad 3. Proof of
language proficiency through third party tester 4.40 hr training course
Certificate v.s. Certification - ANSWERSCertificate is the 40 hour class, Certification
requires the 4 requirements
Certification is provided by which two agencies - ANSWERS1. CCHI and NBCMI
What does NBCMI stand for - ANSWERSNational board of certification for healthcare
workers
What does CCHI stand for - ANSWERSCertification Commission for healthcare
interpreters
What are ethics vs standards - ANSWERSEthics-what we do Standards-how we do
them
Ethics are defined as - ANSWERSA set of principles that govern the conduct of
practitioners of a profession
, Standards of practice are defined as - ANSWERSA set of formal guidelines that
practitioners use that offer clear strategies and course of action to support professional
conduct
What are the ethics that make up the code of ethics - ANSWERS1. Confidentiality 2.
Accuracy 3. Impartiality 4. professional conduct 5. Transparency 6. intercultural
communication 7. advocacy 8. professional boundaries 9. professional development 10.
Direct communication
Do you interpret everything stated? - ANSWERSyes
What three things should you do if you know the client - ANSWERS1. disclose to all
parties 2. Offer to withdraw 3. decide if you can be impartial
Three steps to the say no module - ANSWERS1. gracious 2. offer choices 3. reason
why
working language - ANSWERSany language the interpreter works with
Source language - ANSWERSlanguage the interpreter interprets from
target language - ANSWERSlanguage you interpret in to
three stages of the encounter - ANSWERS1. pre prep/briefing 2.encounter 3. debriefing
7 steps to the encounter - ANSWERS1. Prep 2. brief 3.professional intro 4. interpreting
5. mediating 6. debriefing 7. analysis
4 interpreting protocols - ANSWERS1. positioning 2. professional intro 3. first-person
interpreting 4. turn-taking to manage flow
4 elements of the professional introduction - ANSWERS1. confidential 2. all interpreted
3. speak to each other 4. pause for clarification
use third person interpreting when - ANSWERS1. children under 7 2. dementia, intox,
psychotic 3. emergencies
What steps to take if provider uses 3rd person - ANSWERS1. unobtrusive position and
avoid eye contact 2. clarify role 3. use a hand gesture to direct provider to client 4.
interpret in 3rd person 5. mediate outside of session to explain to provider that first
person promotes direct communication
chunking - ANSWERSbreaking down info into smaller parts that are easier to remember
Imagery - ANSWERSvisualizing what you hear with who did what