Sight Translation Workshop

Cost: $75 

Approved Hours: 3.75 hours

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