Brand the Interpreter

The passion for Civil Rights around Language Access of today's guest, woke up after she was returning  with her non-English speaking husband from working for Habitat for Humanity in Guatemala. Erika Shell-Castro tells us the story of how she was inspired by her husband's journey as a new immigrant to learn as much as she could about Title VI and immigrant and refugee rights, later becomi...

After boarding a plane on a one-way ticket to Barcelona in 2011 to live with a host family she had never met, the life of today’s guest changed forever when she spent a year becoming fluent in Spanish. Dominique’s unique take on how to learn Spanish as an adult has inspired many to jump into language learning. She has helped hundreds of her students build confidence in communicating with their fam...

Daniel Tamayo is a translator, interpreter practitioner and educator.  Daniel taught Translation and Interpretation at the University of California at Riverside, as well as in Cal State University, Fullerton, for over 13 years, and Spanish at California State Polytechnic University for about 10 years.   He has served on the executive boards and committees of various national and California based t...

Mohammed Nagy graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature in 2016 and started his career as a literature teacher for 1 year before becoming an interpreter. In the last 7 years, Mohammed has dedicated himself to improving his skills and ascending the ranks with the goal to become a very highly rated interpreter. Mohammed is a medical interpreter, RSI United Nations Interpr...

Nora Díaz holds a B.A. in Language Teaching and Translation, and combined her work as a language teacher and teacher trainer with translation and interpreting for a number of years, before deciding to work as a translator and conference interpreter full time. Nora enjoys using technology and finding ways to increase productivity, which combined with her love of teaching, has led her to share what...

Francesca Manicardi is an italian interpreter, translator and copywriter working for the wedding, medical, marketing and patent world. In 2016 she founded Freelance Lab, a mentoring project for wannabe Italian interpreters and translators and in 2020 she founded Punto F Academy, her online language school for Italian learners. Francesca joins to the show to talk about her not-well-known but super...

Iryna Iudina grew up in a small mining town in Eastern Ukraine with dreams to one day move out. One day on a bus tour to France,  which she describes as a flight to the moon, she encounters her first culture-shock experience: kind, polite, and smiling people, saying "bonjour" for no reason other than to say hello, confirming her beliefs that somewhere in the world existed a better qualit...

This week we have the pleasure of sharing with you a conversation with the Policy, Education and Research Committee (PERC) of the NCIHC. Don’t miss this unique conversation with Linda Golley, a training and assessment specialist who as a community activist, has been honored to mentor many individuals from very diverse backgrounds.  Marina Waters,  who has served on several boards of regional hospi...

John Arroyave is a first generation Colombian-American, he is keenly aware of how communication impacts access to community services, he is a passionate advocate for ensuring that interpreters are screened, trained and qualified. John is a graduate of the University of Florida, with an MBA from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, He has previously advised executives on organizational...

From the T&I Ethics and Standards of Practice course at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, two students and a professor share an ethical dilemma encountered during their final course project.  Don’t miss the chance to hear the discussion with Dr. Ibrahim Aibo who designs translation and interpreting curricula for international organizations and currently teaches in the online Certificate...

Join today's conversation with Esther Bonin, an international language industry expert with over 20 years of experience. Esther holds a degree in Translation & Interpreting Skills from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain) and an MA in International Relations from Durham University (Durham, England). She has worked on both sides of the Atlantic as a certified translator & interp...

Join today's conversation with Nanyi Mateo, a Spanish Medical Interpreter from the Dominican Republic, certified by NBCMI, CCHI, and is currently in the process of obtaining her DPSI medical certification in the UK.   Nanyi talks about how since 2018, she's been working as a VRI/OPI medical and educational interpreter.  She explains how she has created over 400 symbols for her interpreta...

Description UPDATE: As of May 1st, 2022, Ms. Roat's  term as Treasurer with NCIHC was fulfilled. Today's episode of Brand the Interpreter brings us Cindy E. Roat,  a trainer of community interpreters, an international consultant on language access in health care, and certified as a medical and social-service English- Spanish interpreter.  Over the past three decades, Ms. Roat has made si...

Marifer Sager leads the Language Access Services Department at Portland Public Schools. She believes that language access/justice are key components to racial equity and that the strategic use of language can reshape the narratives of traditionally marginalized groups and ultimately transform systems.  Her expertise includes the implementation of multilingual communications, outreach and engagemen...

Yuliya Speroff  is a Russian-English CoreCHI™- and WA DSHS-certified medical and social services interpreter. In her current role of a supervisor at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, Yuliya supports the work of a team of staff medical interpreters and manages translation projects. Yuliya was named 2021 Interpreter of The Year by the California Healthcare Interpreting Association. Y...

Today's episode of Brand the Interpreter brings us Lourdes L Cerna, a Medical Spanish interpreter, Translator and Trainer with over 35 years of healthcare interpreting experience that includes interpreting in private and county hospitals and clinics, over-the-phone and VRI, interpreting in workers compensation cases, school districts, conference interpreting for several entities and organizat...

Eman Abdo is an English to Arabic translator, and also speaks French, and is working to improve her Spanish and Italian, and she joins us all the way from  Egypt and specializes in localization and transcreation mainly in marketing and game localization. She studied translation at the Faculty of Al-Alsun and graduated in 2019, while working as a translator during her last year there. She is the au...

This episode of Brand the Interpreter welcomes Ludmila Golovine, a professional translator, interpreter, and business leader, who made a lifetime commitment to quality, innovation, and connecting people across language and culture; little did she know this would become a reality thanks to a business school project. She is an advocate of social justice and is a nationally and internationally recogn...

Judy Jenner is a master-level court-certified Spanish interpreter and a court-registered German interpreter in Nevada, where she also teaches Simultaneous Interpretation for the University of Nevada Las Vegas-Continuing Education’s Certificate for Legal Interpreting program.  Judy is a certified California Spanish court interpreter,  and serves as one of the spokespersons of the American Translato...

From employee, to partner, to business owner, Diego Cresceri has done them all. And while he'll describe  the reaching of his goals as "being lucky", many would argue that preparation, a knack for quality, and taking risks has lead this language professional to accomplishing many of his goals. Today, he joins the list of amazing guests to share his story.  Diego Cresceri is CEO &amp...

Rudy Téllez was born in La Paz-Bolivia. In 1988, the family moved to the Philadelphia area. Rudy obtained his Bachelor's degree in Communications from West Chester University of PA, and his Masters of Education from Kutztown University of PA. He’s a court certified, medical certified, and conference interpreter, and serves as an adjunct professor of interpretation for the Master’s degree prog...

Giovanna Lester is a conference interpreter, translator, speaker, writer. She began her career  in 1980. She's been president of two Florida Chapters (3 terms total; and is a co-founder of the current one, ATIF), vice-chair of the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters, Editor and Curator of NAJIT’s weekly online publication, The NAJIT Observer, served as Assistant Admin and...

On today's episode we welcome Matteo Talotta.  Matteo Talotta is an Italian-Canadian who grew up just north of Toronto, Canada and from a young age had an interest in different cultures, countries and people. He received a BA in Political Science and Italian studies from the University of Toronto in 2017. He studied abroad in Florence, Italy in the fall of 2015, an experience that changed the...

On today's episode of Brand the Interpreter I had the privilege of joining Miriam Andrade ( @miriam.interprets ) on her Instagram Live to answer some of her questions regarding the Brand the Interpreter Podcast. Today, your Host becomes the Guest and takes a back seat from directing the show. Join today's fun conversation on the podcast that brings you your stories about our profession....

Barnabás Tóth, filmmaker, once flirted with conference interpreting only to never return to the booth again. Years later, however, he re-enters the world of  interpreting only this time to create a short dramady film about the experience of 2 Hungarian interpreters inside the interpreting booth. Join the conversation to hear more about Barnaba Toth's first and last interpreting encounter, his...