Intercultural Communication for Interpreters and Translators
Presenter: Dr. Izabel Souza, M.Ed., CMI-Spanish, PhD.
Dr. Souza works as a certified interpreter (conference, legal, medical, community) and interpreter educator in several universities. She served as President of IMIA and was responsible for launching the first national accredited medical interpreter certification program in the United States. She also served as Secretary General for the International Federation of Translators, and continues her work as ISO liaison to the FIT Standards Committee and as an ISO and ASTM Standards Expert in interpreting and translation standards.
Effective intercultural communication gives you a professional edge needed to excel in the T&I world. Cultural differences pose certain complexities to our work, and understanding how they are internalized and expressed is important and useful.
– How do your clients experience working with you?
– What are their communicative expectations?
– How can you improve your active listening skills?
– Is active listening different when it is intercultural?
– Aren’t all relationships ultimately intercultural?
– How can I avoid miscommunication or discomfort in my interactions?
This webinar answers all these questions and explores the role of the translator and interpreter as a communication expert in addition to being a linguistic one.
CEUs: 1 CCHI, 0.1 RID, and court interpreting CEUs in MI, KY, NC, NE, NM, TN.*
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