Another very experienced member of DIN is Radha Starr, who trained with me in my translation course, works as a deaf translator & deaf relay interpreter in a variety of settings. She is currently in great demand as a deaf practitioner & has done a lot of public health videos 7/x Image
A shout out now for @royaldeaf who have done a sterling job in providing covid19 public health using deaf practitioners & presenters: see this video for example: COVID vaccination: Why it’s important and how you can help save lives 8/x
@royaldeaf And here is Carla Anderson AM. My first deaf interpreter trainer, role model & long time advocate for DeafBlind ppl who organised a series of workshops for local deaf people in Melbourne in the late '80s to become deaf interpreters. She is now a Board member of @ASLIAnational 9/x Image
There are so many other people who have contributed to our profession, impossible to name everyone but it is definitely important to take a moment & acknowledge those who have guided us. especially @ASLIuk @efsli @WASLI_tweets who have provided space for deaf practitioners 10/10 Image

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5 May
Today I would like to highlight some deaf people who have contributed to the profession through being long-time practitioners or as strong advocates for deaf interpreters. 1/x
Firstly, the late Judith Collins. She was one of the earlier deaf researchers and worked at the University of Durham. She was also an earlier DIN Chair and did much with @drcastone @chereme @PaulPEsq @corneliuedwards to bring about qualifications: bslzone.co.uk/watch/under-la… 2/x
Secondly: Pamela Morgan. Now happily retired, she worked as a qualified deaf counsellor in deaf mental health services & worked for many years as a deaf interpreter working in many relay settings (more about terminology later). She did a lot to represent deaf practitioners 3/x
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30 Apr
One of the biggest internal conflicts I have faced when training came about bc of a close collaboration with an employer. The name does not matter.
Point is, we were asked to train "their" dialogue interpreters - i.e. people who worked for them on a regular basis.
During the training, it became apparent that some of these interpreters had such an insufficient command of the language of training that they could not understand basic instructions.
This was their main working language as interpreters.
What do you do in that situation?

"Notifying" the employer - who clearly must have been aware of this to some extent already?

Potentially contributing to these interpreters losing their job?

Say nothing and legitimize a practice that cannot ensure access for beneficiaries?
Read 18 tweets
29 Apr
Yes but let's be honest: many European conference interpreters consider some "variants" no worth learning or engaging with... there is huge bias in this.
I mean the number of people who go on and on about having to read James Joyce to be a conference interpreter. Do I really? How many have read Wole Soyinka? Amadou Hampaté Bâ?
What counts as "world knowledge" is really, really biased.
It is stark if we compare the perception of Latin American Spanish and literature vs. francophone/anglophone Africa. We all know LatAm Spanish is a force to be reckoned with but if you don't know the person speaking right now is actually the president of Togo no one bats an eye.
Read 4 tweets
29 Apr
It was a bit more complex. They had a right to an interpreter for things to do with their case (i.e. the reason they were in prison). But often their visa / work permit tended to expire during their sentence and there was no right to legal counsel / interpreting for this.
bc basically once imprisoned, a process of stripping ppl of their work permit / residency takes place and they are not entitled to a lawyer / interpreter to fight this and have to submit filings while inside detention to keep the deadlines.
Is it a human rights violation? I am not an expert - my gut says yes. But it is also legal and common practice in many countries, EU included.
Read 5 tweets
29 Apr
Today I want to tweet about an interpreter training course I did a few years ago. For data protection reasons I will not disclose the names of institutions and persons involved. The point here is to give you some food for thought. #1nt
#Terps
The request came through a group of academics who had made contact with a nearby prison. This prison was reserved for foreign nationals, i.e. people not holding citizenship of the country of detention. My task: teach the inmates to interpret better.
For a variety of legal reasons, these inmates had no right to an interpreter. Even when they had interpreters for official exchanges, 95% of exchanges inside the prison were not covered by this provision. Many inmates did not or only barely speak the official language.
Read 24 tweets
28 Apr
Remember before COVID when restaurants were open? Remember this situation:

(Person eating food from their country of origin): "Wow, this tastes exactly the way my mother used to make it!"

(Person eating their favorite dish): "Wow, I never manage to make it like that at home."
So what? you might ask. How does this relate to interpreting. Well hang in there. Getting to it.

Remember telling someone you are an interpreter and the person going "Oh wow, interpreting is so difficult, I used to do it a bit while I was living in Tahiti for a year."
Now, remember having a discussion with your surgeon before a scheduled surgery and you telling them:
"I really admire surgeons, I used to do some surgery on the side as a student..."

No?
Well, that's my point exactly.

Interpreters are cooks. Not surgeons.
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