Interpreter's Workshop with Tim Curry

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...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Hitching a ride on the Interpreting Train! All Aboard!! Our guest is Gerdinand Wagenaar from the Netherlands. He is a very experienced sign language interpreter who regals us with his journey as a CODA from brokering the languages to interpreting at the UN, EUD, EU parliament and of course always locally. We learn some history of the Deaf communities, their language, a...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Are you com-fluent-able with your working languages? Inquiring interpreters want to know. Today's episode is all about the impact of sign language interpreting on our personalities, behaviors, and mindset. Understanding the intent, goals, and dynamic discourses that our clients have can get under our skin. This impact can actually wear on our mental health and cau...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! "Can't buy me love! Love! ...." Well, they say money can't buy you happiness, but we have to have money in order to prove that theory. So, today's InterpreTip is all about sign language interpreter pay. How much do we get paid? How much should we get paid? Who decides? And why? It's a sensitive subject with many perspectives and opinions....

Send me a Voicemail or Text! See the character. Be the character. Show the character. Julia Cramer from Germany gives us a final chunk of wisdom to continue our journey as sign language interpreters. Her experience as an interpreter and a teacher of interpreters reminds us of the advanced skills of bringing out the character of the clients we serve. She shows how we must learn from our mistakes, c...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Wait, what is that sound? Lawnmower!!?? Today Julia Cramer from Germany speaks about artistic sign language interpreting, ethics, politics, self-care, and the skills of interpreters needed when a lawnmower is noisy. She and I enjoy some laughs and mutual understandings. Enjoy. Support the show On Demand Workshops Now! (Certificates of Attendance, RID CEUs approved) [ T...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! What is Sign Language Interpreting? A) Translating word for word B) Flapping your hands ...or Phone a Friend? Today Julia Cramer from Germany digs deeper into the definition of sign language interpreting and everything around it. Plus, she shares more details of the profession in Germany, including the fact that freelancing does NOT mean what you think it does! Join us...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! What d'ya want? What d'ya want? What d'ya really REALLY want? This is the first episode of the four-part series with our guest Julia Cramer. She tells us about the working conditions for sign language interpreters in Germany giving us details concerning education, employment, pay, and organizations. She also shares her entry into our profession and the r...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! The sky is falling!!! It's a mistake!!! This episode was supposed to be my thoughts on sign language interpreter pay. Some technical problems happened, and I did not fix them in time to upload this episode topic fully. Please be patient. The full episode about Interpreter Pay will be published as soon as the next interview is done. Next week you can look forward t...