The paradox of educational interpreting
Educational interpreting is a paradox. More specifically, E-12 interpreting is a paradox. The pay, qualifications, and mindset of (some) interpreters does not appropriately match the situation in which they are working.…
Judge rules machine-learning auto-translate "literal but non-sensical"
Per TechCrunch, a judge ruled that a machine-automated translation of your rights and other legal documentation might be *literally a correct translation* but results in nonsensical language.…
Don't go to graduate school to study interpreting
There are more M.A. programs on ASL Interpreting today than ever before. You can go to school in Florida, Washington D.C., Minnesota, Oregon and more. Here’s the thing though, you shouldn’t do it.…
What’s in the news: June 8, 2018
Some important updates and notes regarding communication access today, June 6, 2018: FCC VOTES TO “STRENGTHEN AND SUSTAIN” IP CAPTIONED SERVICES and Without Interpreters, California’s Deaf Prisoners.…
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Trapani is RID’s new CEO [Updated]
This post was significantly updated on June 7, 2018 at 9:40 am Central time Trapani Hired as CEO In…
How much do interpreters make?
Using employee wage data from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics and the Cost of Living Index from Numbeo, we can learn how much interpreters earn and how far that wages goes when you compare it to the cost of living from that area.…
RIDIR - An ethical decision-making framework for interpreters
My decision-making tool that I used to pass the ethical portion of the RID test at “mastery” level and how I walk through colleagues and employees when they ask the, “what if…?” questions that seem so frequent. It’s not perfect, but I think it works very well.…
What’s in the news: May 25, 2018
Bringing you the latest in Deaf, ASL, and Interpreting news: CASLI, DC, being taken seriously and more!…
Ethical tests, rights-based ethics, and maxims
Before I explain my RIDIR Framework that has helped many people there are a few foundational pieces that we all need to understand: ethical tests, rights-based ethics, and ethical maxims.…
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