Final Exam Review for Interpreting
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Describe communicative autonomy ✔✔the capacity of each party in an encounter to be
responsible for and in control of his or her own communication.
Which area of
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Final Exam Review for Interpreting
(2022/2023) Rated A+
Describe communicative autonomy ✔✔the capacity of each party in an encounter to be
responsible for and in control of his or her own communication.
Which area of communicative interpreting has become the most professionalized? ✔✔Medical
or Health Interpreting because healthcare industry has to have ethics and standards for the
patients.
List the minimum requirements for community interpreter to practice as an interpreter ✔✔-18
years or older
-High School Diploma
-40 hr training of community or medical interpreting
-Pass proficiency exam
Certificate ✔✔Is a piece of paper
Certification ✔✔"A PROCESS THAT INVOLVES RIGOROUS written and oral exam." Comes
from the third party attestation related to products, processes, systems or persons.
A process by which a governmental or professional organization attests to or certifies that an
individual is qualified to provide a particular service
Who certifies interpreters? ✔✔NBCMI, CCHI
What state in the US certifies communicative interpreters? ✔✔Washington
What is Code of Ethics? ✔✔"RULES" set of directive that specify the requirements or
expectations intend to guide the conduct of practitioners of a profession.
What is related to the code of ethics? ✔✔HIPPA, NCIHC
Why do ethics matter? ✔✔It helps you navigate the most difficult challenges you face in the
field
What are the standard of practice? ✔✔"GUIDELINES" Provide a set of formal guidelines that
offer practitioners of a profession clear strategies and courses of action to support professional
conduct.
List some differences between ethics and standards ✔✔-Ethics are strict and standards are
flexible
-Ethics tell us what to do; standards tell us how to do it
-Ethics are more rigid than standards
-Can loose job if ethics are violated. Not as standard, might have milder consequences.
NCIHC stands for? ✔✔National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare
NCIHC was published? ✔✔2004
What are the 9 principle of code of ethics ✔✔1. Accuracy
2. Confidentiality
3. Impartiality
4. Respect
5. Cultural Awareness
6. Role Boundaries
7. Professionalism
8. Professional Development
9. Advocacy
Do you really have to interpret everything that is stated ✔✔yes, unless its an emergency, or if
summarizing because the situation is out of control
SA. mental problem, intoxication, multiple people are talking at the same time.
If you arrive and you know the person you're supposed to interpret for, what three steps should
you take immediately? ✔✔1. Disclose the conflict to all parties
2. Try to withdraw
3. Be impartial if they asked your to stay
List the tree steps in the SAY NO model(how to say no)? ✔✔1. Be gracious
2. Offer Choices
3. Give Reason
What is a community interpreting? ✔✔A specialization of interpreting that facilitates access to
community services for individuals who do not speak the language of service
Define medical interpreting? ✔✔Interpreting for patients, their families and service providers in
healthcare interpreting
Are medical interpreters, community interpreters? ✔✔Yes, it facilitates access to a vital
community service.
Define
--Working Language
--A source language
--A target language ✔✔1. all the languages you interpret in
2. language you interpret from
3. the language you interpret to
List the three stages of the encounter ✔✔1. Pre-encounter
2. The encounter
3. Post encounter
Identify seven steps of the encounter ✔✔1. Preparation
2. Briefing
3. Professional Introduction
4. Interpreting
5. Intervening/ Mediating
6. Debriefing
7. Analyzing
Identify four interpreting protocols that you learned in module 2. ✔✔-Positioning
-Professional introductions
-Direct speech(first person)
-Turn-taking management
What is the goal of effective positioning? ✔✔to promote direct communication between the
parties. Adopt and unobtrusive position to support direct communication
Write down the four elements of interpreter's introduction that come after the interpreter states
his or her name/organization? ✔✔1. I will be interpreting everything that is said
2. Everything said will be confidential
3.Please speak to speak to each other, not to me
4. Please speak clearly and pause often
5. If I need you to pause
What are some exceptions to using first person/ direct speech? ✔✔-service person is a child
-elderly
-mentally disabled
-to interpret with multiple parties
-the content is so horrific, that you need to detach yourself for self protections.
What should you do if a provider keeps speaking in third person/indirect speech? ✔✔- Stop the
session
--let everyone know you are speaking as the interpreter
Why do memory skills matter for interpreters? ✔✔-They allow to interpret longer messages
without interrupting or distracting the speakers
What is chunking? ✔✔The process of taking information, braking it into "chunks" to help you
recall information.
How can imagery help an interpreter's memory? ✔✔Helps to recall a story and easier to
associate
List some message transfer skills for interpreters ✔✔-Anticipating
-Paraphrasing
-Parroting
-Message Analysis
Name the 3 modes of interpreting ✔✔-Consecutive
-simultaneous
-sight translation
List the steps for sight translation ✔✔Before, make sure provider is present..use CALl MODEL.
Then...read the whole text, identify challenges, ask for clarifications, consult dictionaries
After... rendering the text beginning to end without stopping and starting
Which documents are acceptable to sight translate ✔✔Short simple documents
What does the CALL model stand for ✔✔COMPLEX
ADVANCED
LEGAL
LONG
If you decide not to sight translate ✔✔Ask the provider to explain the document and then
interpret
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