By Aimee Benavides Anyone who knows me would start laughing just reading the title of this blog entry. This is the thought that popped into my head as I was getting ready one hectic morning, knowing I had an hour drive ahead of me to arrive at my interpreting assignment. In our profession, women outnumber men. I’m not going to get into statistics or reasons why … [Read more...]
Armando Ezquerra Hasbun: From the Andes to the Republican Convention
An Interview by Cristina McDowell CM: Armando, you have come a long way since you were a kid living in a small village in the Andes. You are a Federally and NAJIT certified court interpreter. You teach at La Salle University, you have interpreted for many dignitaries, and you have been an expert witness on several occasions. But let’s start with your arrival to the … [Read more...]
ATA57: You Did What? Making Sense of Conflicting Codes of Ethics
INTERPRETERS UNITE! Don’t miss this first ever event of its kind that brings together a panel of interpreters, leaders in their respective fields of interpreting, under one roof to talk about the commonalities shared by the various codes of ethics governing each setting: medical judicial, and interpreting for the deaf. Learn how they’ve applied ethics to real life situations we … [Read more...]
Robyn Dean on Ethics: Metaphors or Values?
In preparation for the ATA conference, Marsel de Souza interviewed Robyn Dean, the Interpreters Division's guest speaker at the ATA 57th Annual Conference in San Francisco. This interview focuses on the following sessions and much more: Returning to Ethics: A Meta-Ethical Analysis of Community Interpreters’ Codes and Standards of Practice Critiquing and Deconstructing … [Read more...]