Basic Skills of Interpreting Training is now offered by Southern Maine Community College
This 12-hour workshop introduces bilingual individuals and beginning interpreters to the roles of the interpreter, interpreter’s code of ethics, interpretation techniques, and other essential basics of interpreting.
Certificates of attendance are issued to students who complete the whole training and successfully pass a quiz at the end of the second day.
Trainer:
Janice Jaffe has taught Spanish at the college level since 1980, with a specialization in Latin American literature and translation theory and practice. She lived for two years in Spain, and has traveled widely in Latin America, where she studied translation in Mexico and Cuba. A member of the American Translators Association and American Literary Translators Association, Janice has translated legal documents, literary essays and articles for scholarly journals, including the translations for Latino Voices in New England. Janice began interpreting for Central American refugees twenty years ago, and helps coordinate interpreter training for USM’s medical program in the Dominican Republic.
2012 Training Dates & Times:
HLTH 855-01 Basic Skills of Interpreting
9:00 am - 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
January 25 & 27
April 4 & April 6
July 25 & July 27
Fall dates are TBD
Training Fee:
$75 per language test, $150 for the training
Location:
Southern Maine Community College, South Portland
Training Pre-Requisites:
All training candidates must have at least a high school diploma or GED and be fluent in languages they are planning to interpret.
To show oral proficiency in English, please submit proof of one of the following:
- Graduation from any high school from an English speaking country or an American School abroad.
- Bachelor, Masters, PhD, or any other degree from any U.S. institution of higher education
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 570+ on paper; 230+ on computer version; 90+ on iBT
- ACTFL oral exam rating of "Advanced Mid" and above
To show oral proficiency in other language(s), please submit proof of one of the following:
- Graduation from any high school in that language(s)
- Bachelor, Masters, PhD, or any other degree from any institution of higher education in that language(s)
- ACTFL oral exam rating of "Advanced Mid" and above
Candidates who are unable to meet the above requirements will be scheduled to take the Language Testing International/ACTFL (American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages) oral exam. English, French, Russian, and Spanish speakers will be scheduled for the Oral Proficiency Interview by Computer (OPIc). Other language speakers will take the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). The minimum acceptable rating is "Advanced Mid".
How To Register:
Please submit the SMCC Registration Form or contact Brenda Beaulieu, Business Relations Manager at Southern Maine Community College Professional Education Department at 207.741.5951 or BBeaulieu@smccme.edu.