Ethical Dilemmas for ASL Interpreters

Your client is preparing to take a hands on test. The instructor explains what needs to be done for prep then walks off. The Deaf client ask...

You get a call from someone, not an agency, asking if you can interpret a meeting. You look at your calendar and see you have a prior engag...

You are interpreting at a social event where people are drinking. You don't drink while on assignment. Period. It isn't professiona...

An alarm on your cell phone goes off while you are the "on" interpreter. The entire class, including the teacher, looks at you. O...

A hearing student comments-loudly-that she is planning on cheating on the test tomorrow. You interpret for your student who advises the che...

Class is over. Your student left. You are packing your bag. The professor comes up to you and asks, "can you tell your student x, y, a...

After getting a chuckle out of the video--who hasn't been there--think about the interpreters responses. Yes, we would all like to be a...