Interpreter's Workshop with Tim Curry

Send me a Voicemail or Text! WE CAN'T GO ON! Yes, we can. We just need a bit of work. Isabelle gives us reasons to use what linguistics has to offer to make our interpreting strategies work in new ways. She also tells us the answers to the question; will we still have sign language interpreters in the future? The answer, as you might think, is - it depends. It depends on how we confront the w...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! "It is not for us to reason why...", but JUST to interpret. Not! Isabelle Heyerick and I have a multi-faceted conversation speaking to interpreting as language-focused, learning to effectively discuss our work as interpreters, involving all stakeholders into our conversations, and even more. Stayed tuned for the conversation continuation next week. Support th...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! I'm curious. Do you have a strategy? Why yes, yes, I do. My guest is Isabelle Heyerick. Today we learn about her practical and impactful research for the signed language profession. She takes us back to how it all started for her career as a Dutch/English/Flemish Sign Language interpreter, researcher, and assistant professor. Learn more about her thoughts on ethic...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! I see what you did there. I didn't understand it, but I see it. We don't need to know the language to know if an interpretation is effective or not. I discuss how we can analyze our practice work to improve our interpretation skills to serve the communities better. Similar to Sharon Neumann Solow's experience I share my story of how I could teach an inte...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Star date 09820.00 The big blue ball made another revolution around our star. It is 2025 of the common era! Many of us set goals at the beginning of each year. It is a time to rethink, reschedule, and renew us, and our plans. This episode talks about how we can do this even we work, study, and practice alone. But are we really alone? No, there are many of us. Listen to...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Life balance? First, we need to find the center of gravity to put the fulcrum. Sharon Neumann Solow shares more about how her new book Powerful Interpreting: Build Your Skills in 5 Steps , can develop the skills we need to strengthen. From students to experienced interpreters can be supported in their practice by just trying to focus on the 5 areas laid out in Sharon&a...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! WHAT?! I'm gob smacked! There are moments when our whole perspective is changed. We usually remember those moments vividly. Sharon Neumann Solow shares one such moment that stayed with her for a long time as she perfected and developed the concepts she realized at that time. It culminated in the publishing of her latest book, Powerful Interpreting: Build Your Skil...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! SHE's BAAaaaack! We had a "crackin'" good time! Sharon Neumann-Solow shares her thoughts as she describes the 2024 CIT conference. We discuss the beginnings of CIT, the major stars of that generation, and some of the impacts CIT has had on the training of signed language interpreters in the U.S. and abroad. [SECRET: Sharon has a new book! Check it o...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! There she was just a walkin' down the street! Singin' Doowah Diddy, Diddy Dum Diddy doo! Sometimes the fashions and fads come and go, but then we see them again a few years later. Let's talk about interpreting fads and fashions, shall we? What's old today, may be new tomorrow. Theories, models, topics, ethical standards, they all come and go, change...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Oh YEAH?! I know you are, but what am I? Feedback can be hard to take and even harder to give. Today let's talk about how, what, and when we should give feedback to our colleagues in our sign language interpreting teams. What is feedback? What do we do with it? Why? All this in today's episode with me, Tim Curry. Support the show On Demand Workshops Now! (Cer...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Be kind. Be gracious. Be sarcastic. No, wait... Today's short InterpreTip says all it needs to say. We all need support and compliments. Sometimes it's hard to just say thank you. Sometimes we don't know how to acknowledge gratitude for what we do. After a discussion in the IW Community, I had to make this episode to think about why we sometimes hesitate...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! "Wow, I'm good! ... Oh, oops, keep working!" There are moments we realize we were given something good. Today we talk about remembering those wonderful people who have taught us so much, have supported us in ways that may even be surprising. Let's talk about gratitude. Nives Gotovac from Croatia and Joni Bice from the U.S. share some moments in thei...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! " You keep using that word. I don't think you know what that means." Sometimes we know so much about something that we don't know how to stop talking about it. Today we take a funny look at how sign language interpreters sometimes try to explain our profession in too much detail. We like our jargon, our terminology, or linguistics. There is a time a...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! How did you do that?! Is it magic? Sign language interpreters need to prepare for their gigs. How do they do that when they have little information about the assignment? Well, preparation is does not start when we accept the assignment, it starts way before that. This episode discusses the art of reflection, learning from our past, stopping the bad historical cycles, a...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Role, role, role, what is role? We debate, discuss, argue, manipulate, sneer and roll our eyes at the topic of the Interpreter's Role. Knowing what our role is helps us define the principles by which we make professional and ethical decisions as an interpreter. I now discuss the possibility that we no longer need to debate it. We can move on. We have a role right...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! To be or not to be true to yourself! That is the topic today. How do we do what we do and be our authentic selves? Are we hiding behind the interpretation or suppressing who we are? Are we changing ourselves for the better? We need to self-reflect and interpret who we are on a regular basis to assess how we are doing personally, and professionally. This not only ensure...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Where have all the interpreters gone? Is there a lack? Here the buzzing excitement from sign language interpreters in part 2 of this special report on the 2024 efsli conference in Italy. We talk about cooperation, commitment, working conditions, and how to reflect and apply what we learn to our everyday work. Excitement and laughter, what more can you ask for? Support...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! "Qualified: What Next? (From Safe to Practice to Strive for Excellence) " This Special Report is filled with live in the conference interviews. You can feel the atmosphere and joyous community of colleagues. Listen how each participant describes their experience and why they come to efsli. One professor, researcher outside our profession gives some wonderful...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Get it right!... Or Don't. Interpreter's focus too much on getting it "right". Alex Laferriere and I discuss geeky-gamer stuff, a tiny bit, but we connect that passion with our passion for signed languages, the Deaf and interpreting communities. Alex's perspective as a CODA and non-interpreter, gives us a new lens to self-reflect on our percept...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! I see the trail. I put on my blazer. Does that make me a Trailblazer? According to Alex Laferriere, we're all trailblazers and we make that trail as we go. Alex continues to fill us in on his journey to understanding his identity, as a CODA, a gamer, a media producer, and more. His journey reflects how we all learn as we too blaze our trails. As talked about in ep...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! It'll hurt! But it won't heal if it's covered. So, pull and pull fast! Are sign language interpreters just a "bandaid" for systemic societal issues? Some wounds are deep and hard to heal. Covering up problems without analyzing what's the root of the problem can cause more problems. Our guest today, Alex, a child of deaf adults is not a sig...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! You're sick! No, I'm sick AND tired! Have you worked when you're sick, when you're exhausted? It's not fun. In this episode I tell my story of how I cope with a difficult sign language interpreting gig when I'm extremely sick and with  no team to support me. These strategies and tips will help us all recover from the sickness and continue...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Three days to think of an answer?! Well, maybe not. Gerry gives his final thoughts about respect, working modestly, humbly, as a Sign Language Interpreter. His travel wisdom and journey as a Dutch Sign Language interpreter is our gain. Many concepts to take to heart in this episode. Is our profession an industry? How do we expand our concept of respect? How do we wait...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Conflict of interest? Never! ...oh wait. Ouch. Gerry takes us back to Holland and how the profession has become a bit different than when he started. We look at interpreting from the point of view of production goals, conflicts of interest within one situation, and more. Listen to understand some of the confusing sides of interpreting. Support the show On Demand Worksh...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Schrodinger's CODA are they in the hearing world or the Deaf world? In today's episode, our CODA Dutch sign language interpreter friend shows us his view on sign language interpreter development through his CODA experience, history of Deaf international organizations, and so much more. Use your knowledge of quantum physics to understand this episode's ti...