IW 217: InterpreTips-10: Creative Uncertainty vs Fully Prepared

Send me a Voicemail or Text!Use it or lose it!Conversations use signals to create a back-and-forth discourse. Interpreters should make use of these signals, features of discourse, to make the conversations flow naturally, as though the interpreter is not there.Back channeling signals, use them or regret it.Support the showOn Demand Workshops Now! (Certificates of Attendance, RID CEUs approved) [The official place to get CPD/CEUs for this podcast.]IW CommunityBuy Me a CoffeeShare/follow the PODCASTSubscribe to the Monthly Newsletter[TRANSCRIPTS ARE HERE]Thanks for listening. I'll see you next week.Take care now.

Send me a Voicemail or Text!What's happening!!!?? Don't worry. I've got your back.Not knowing what's going to happen is half the fun AND it promotes creativity from the nervous energy it gives us.Let's talk about not preparing for everything.Support the showOn Demand Workshops Now! (Certificates of Attendance, RID CEUs approved) [The official place to get CPD/CEUs for this podcast.]IW CommunityBuy Me a CoffeeShare/follow the PODCASTSubscribe to the Monthly Newsletter[TRANSCRIPTS ARE HERE]Thanks for listening. I'll see you next week.Take care now.

Send me a Voicemail or Text!Thank you. No, thank you.How do you accept compliments for your services as a sign language interpreter?They say wonderful, thanks. You say what? Let's discuss that in under 10 minutes.Support the showOn Demand Workshops Now! (Certificates of Attendance, RID CEUs approved) [The official place to get CPD/CEUs for this podcast.]IW CommunityBuy Me a CoffeeShare/follow the PODCASTSubscribe to the Monthly Newsletter[TRANSCRIPTS ARE HERE]Thanks for listening. I'll see you next week.Take care now.

Send me a Voicemail or Text!Did you hear that?! Are there wild animals out there?Sam Chew from Malaysia shares his perspectives on ethics, trust, and how it feels to be a sign language interpreter vs a spoken language interpreter. Listen to this last part of our conversation to learn how Malaysian interpreters join the profession and much more.Support the showOn Demand Workshops Now! (Certificates of Attendance, RID CEUs approved) [The official place to get CPD/CEUs for this podcast.]IW CommunityBuy Me a CoffeeShare/follow the PODCASTSubscribe to the Monthly Newsletter[TRANSCRIPTS ARE HERE]Thanks for listening. I'll see you next week.Take care now.

Send me a Voicemail or Text!It pays the bills.Sam Chew from Malaysia continues sharing his journey as a spoken language and signed language interpreter. We learn the philosophies or rather the approaches he has developed about both modes of interpreting. It's more about people than language, or is it? Listen now to find out.Support the showOn Demand Workshops Now! (Certificates of Attendance, RID CEUs approved) [The official place to get CPD/CEUs for this podcast.]IW CommunityBuy Me a CoffeeShare/follow the PODCASTSubscribe to the Monthly Newsletter[TRANSCRIPTS ARE HERE]Thanks for listening. I'll see you next week.Take care now.

Send me a Voicemail or Text!You don't understand? Well, then you don't know Chinese!Sam Chew and I discuss spoken language vs signed language interpreting. We touch on AI, notes, feelings of certainty or uncertainty in interpreting and how it differs between using signed or spoken languages.Support the showOn Demand Workshops Now! (Certificates of Attendance, RID CEUs approved) [The official place to get CPD/CEUs for this podcast.]IW CommunityBuy Me a CoffeeShare/follow the PODCASTSubscribe to the Monthly Newsletter[TRANSCRIPTS ARE HERE]Thanks for listening. I'll see you next week.Take care now.

Send me a Voicemail or Text!Say what?! What kind of language is that?Yes, we need to at least know the language to interpret it. This week Sam Chew from Malaysia starts the conversation about the sign language profession there. We learn the fundamental numbers and aspects, but he tosses in a few topics that are unique to Malaysia. This is the beginning of a beautiful visit.Support the showOn Demand Workshops Now! (Certificates of Attendance, RID CEUs approved) [The official place to get CPD/CEUs for this podcast.]IW CommunityBuy Me a CoffeeShare/follow the PODCASTSubscribe to the Monthly Newsletter[TRANSCRIPTS ARE HERE]Thanks for listening. I'll see you next week.Take care now.

Send me a Voicemail or Text!Gee, thanks a lot...We don't always get a "Thank you" when interpreting. Do we need it? Does it help?Let's have a quick chat about it.Support the showOn Demand Workshops Now! (Certificates of Attendance, RID CEUs approved) [The official place to get CPD/CEUs for this podcast.]IW CommunityBuy Me a CoffeeShare/follow the PODCASTSubscribe to the Monthly Newsletter[TRANSCRIPTS ARE HERE]Thanks for listening. I'll see you next week.Take care now.

Send me a Voicemail or Text!Tell me lies. Tell me sweet little lies...Today we discuss integrity and everything associated with it in our sign language interpreting profession. We sometimes think it's best to be quiet. Maybe not saying the truth is best. We would be better off not saying something, because it may be taken the wrong way or we would look inexperienced. But what does that cost us?Support the showOn Demand Workshops Now! (Certificates of Attendance, RID CEUs approved) [The official place to get CPD/CEUs for this podcast.]IW CommunityBuy Me a CoffeeShare/follow the PODCASTSubscribe to the Monthly Newsletter[TRANSCRIPTS ARE HERE]Thanks for listening. I'll see you next week.Take care now.

Send me a Voicemail or Text!It's the TRUTH, really!Summer is almost over. Time to focus on the work again. Let's get focused together. Ready?Support the showOn Demand Workshops Now! (Certificates of Attendance, RID CEUs approved) [The official place to get CPD/CEUs for this podcast.]IW CommunityBuy Me a CoffeeShare/follow the PODCASTSubscribe to the Monthly Newsletter[TRANSCRIPTS ARE HERE]Thanks for listening. I'll see you next week.Take care now.