Professional Interpreter in Community Settings Bootcamp
  • Type Learning
  • Time Weeks
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Professional Interpreter in Community Settings Bootcamp

Issued by MSU Denver

The Professional Interpreter in Community Settings Bootcamp lays the foundations for your skills in interpreting in community settings. Community interpreting contexts relate primarily to the areas of Healthcare, Education, and Social Services.

  • Type Learning
  • Time Weeks
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Skills

Earning Criteria

  • Pass required Spanish proficiency prerequisite.
  • Describe common encounters in community interpreting settings (education, healthcare, social services).
  • Describe terminology and vocabulary for different settings.
  • Identify the role(s) of the interpreter in community interpreting encounters.
  • Apply interpreter codes of ethics and standards.
  • Apply appropriate decision-making strategies for common challenges in community interpreting.
  • Employ sight translation, consecutive and simultaneous interpreting skills in community settings.