Which is your child?

You are at your son's football practice and because you can't leave practice, you are chasing your baby daughter around, trying to keep her out of trouble. At the end of practice you notice a group of parents signing with each other. This is your opportunity to introduce yourself.

Do you grab your baby, walk up to the group and introduce yourself saying your son is #12 and asking who their children are?
Do you introduce yourself as a working interpreter?
Do you walk the other direction because you don't want to get involved?
Do you feel awkward because you don't want to be the person who is like, "hi! I can sign too!"

You are interpreting at a job training center.  You are shadowing your client while another student teachers her a job.  Your client works extremely slow.  The other student is doing 3/4 of the work.  Do you have any responsibility to say something like, "if you want to continue with this training, you need to pick it up a bit."

Weekly roundup

Here are ethical dilemmas that happened this week:
Re-interpretation

Eye-roll!!!


Workshops
Long Island RID is hosting "So to Speak... Interpreting Figurative Language" on September 8.
http://lirid.org/

Deaf-Blind Training is hosting a webinar starting Monday, September 4th on Common Eye Diseases in the Deaf Community.

If you are interested in listing your workshop, contact me at ethicalterp@gmail.com.

Happy Terping!

Re-interpretation

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 asks you to repeat what was said. So you re-interpret from memory what the instructor said. The instructor walks back and gives you a look that says, "what?" you realize it looks like you are assisting the Deaf client, perhaps helping them cheat.

--what would you do next time to avoid the appearance of cheating?
--if you weren't done with your initial interpretation--perhaps the client needed a lot of expansion--how could you keep the instructor there?
--what are your options?

Eye roll!!

Every time your client turns his back the instructor gives you a huge eye roll. The instructor makes, when your client isn't with you, about your client. You feel that, best case scenario, the instructor doesn't like your client. And worst case scenario, the instructor is deliberately sabotaging your client's chance at success.

-what are your options in this situation?
-are you to tell your client what the instructor says when the client is not around?

The Weekly Round Up

Here is what you may have missed this week. Please, share your thoughts!!!

Can we be friends?

Can I see your pictures?

Look who is sleeping!

I have a problem

Can we be friends?

You heart your client. You and her hit it off right away and chat about things you both love. You ask to Facebook friend her.

Yes? You love her!
No? Doesn't matter. She is a client.