Language Access Consulting & Training L.L.C.
1935 County Road B2 West
Suite # 402
Saint Paul, MN 55113
United States
ph: (651) 330-2959
fax: (651) 330-2134
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2022 Training dates to be announced soon!
Sight Translation Workshop
Cost: $75
Approved Hours: 3.75 hours
Program Description:
Sight translation is arguably the least addressed and the most under-trained
interpreting mode despite its important role in medical settings. Part of its
disprivilege is due to its inherent complexity of combining both interpreting and
translation skills, and the other part is the minimum time allocated to train on it
among most professional 40-hour interpreter training programs.
In addition, there is no agreed upon norm among health care systems, interpreting
service departments, and interpreting agencies on the extent of sight translation
utilization if any at all.
This workshop provides hands-on training on sight translating samples of the most common
health care documents including intake form, medical specialty questionnaire,
patient’s rights and responsibilities form, consent for treatment form, and
discharge form. Teaching techniques include direct classroom instructing, use of projector, handouts,
and quizzes.
Instructor: Mohamad Anwar
Languages Offered: English
Delivery Methods: Classroom
On-Site/In Service
Subject Matters:
Sight Translating
Translating (Written) Healthcare Documents
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Mental Health Interpreting Workshop
Cost: $150
Approved Hours: 7.5 hours
Program Description:
It is impossible to provide high quality mental health services without excellent
communication between mental health staff and clients especially if we take into
account the setting complexity and its high stakes. Highly qualified, well-trained, and
well-briefed interpreters are called upon to bridge the gap between mental health
workers and patients when they do not speak the same language.
Mental health settings provide a unique challenge for interpreters in terms of
comprehending patients’ complex, difficult, emotional, and sometimes subtle
messages in the source language (SL) and conveying them into the target language
(TL) This workshop will address the need of having ongoing advanced mental health
training for interpreters.
Even though the call for establishing a stand-alone category for mental health in
spoken languages health care/medical interpreting may sound a far-fetched goal at
this time, it is very likely that the health care/medical interpreting field will mature in the
next decade and this very far-fetched goal will become reality.
In addition, this workshop will address the special aspects of mental health settings;
technical language (eating disorder (ED) as a new disorder added to the 2013 new
edition of DSM-5, for example), perceived confidentiality, social stigma, cultural norms,
and continuity of service. Participants will have the opportunity to work in small groups,
consider different case studies, and identify applicable best practices.
Instructor: Mohamad Anwar
Languages Offered: English
Delivery Methods: Classroom
On-Site/In Service
Subject Matters:
Managing an Interpreting Encounter
Interacting with Other Health care Professionals
Preparing for an Interpreting
Interpreting Simultaneously
Sight Translating / Translating (written) health care documents
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Advanced Medical Terminology Workshop
Cost: $75
Approved Hours: 3.75 hours
Program Description:
This is a 4-hour workshop dedicated entirely to advanced medical terminology of all body systems.
In addition, it focuses on eliciting target language equivalents for all common roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Once this goal is achieved, candidates will be able to elicit, in their target language, equivalents for the most advanced medical terms.
Instructor: Mohamad Anwar
Languages Offered: English
Delivery Methods: Classroom
On-Site/In Service
Subject Matters:
Understanding Health care Terminology
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Simultaneous Interpreting Workshop
Cost: $75
Approved Hours: 3.75 hours
Program Description:
This 4-hour workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the nature and theory of simultaneous interpreting as a profession, and it will equip them with the basic skills of interpreting needed to perform simultaneous interpreting between English and their working languages.
In addition, this workshop will help participants to overcome the difficulty of speaking while listening and to acquire the ability to "functionally" concentrate with dividing attention and under pressure.
Participants will be introduced to plethora of online study resources, such as TED, and they will have the opportunity for hands-on training while being timed and their errors analyzed. Finally, the group will engage in guided discussion on error analysis and strategy for simultaneous interpreting skills building.
Instructor: Mohamad Anwar
Languages Offered :English
Delivery Methods:Classroom
On-Site/In Service
Subject Matters:
Managing an Interpreting Encounter
Preparing for an Interpreting session
Interpreting Simultaneously
Maximum Enrollment is limited to 25 Participants per session
Instructor: Mohamad Anwar
Language Access Consulting & Training L.L.C.
1935 County Road B2 West
Suite # 402
Saint Paul, MN 55113
United States
ph: (651) 330-2959
fax: (651) 330-2134
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