So I've Heard

You work with a client almost every morning and she is very chatty with you. She often tells you about the interpreters who interpret for her in the afternoon. You're curious about her day and curious about her other interpreters so you enjoy hearing (seeing) her stories.

*Is it ethical to listen to stories about other interpreters rom a client?
*If the client tells you something unethical the interpreter did, what would you do? Do you give your client options for recourse? Defend your peer's actions? Listen and do nothing?

You can stay and chat

You are interpreting a doctor appointment and are scheduled for 2 hours. After 1 hour, the appointment is over, the doctor signed your sheet and you are heading out the door when your Deaf client signs, "Your scheduled for another hour. Lets chat." Then he heads to his room in his long term care facility.

*Do you stay and chat? You are scheduled for another hour.
*Do you leave? You are scheduled to interpret, not to hang out.
*What would be the moral thing to do?
*What are your other options?

I'll Voice

Some of your Deaf clients use their hearing to supplement ASL. In fact, when Deaf presenters come to your high school, you voice interpret what the Deaf presenter says for the Deaf students. After the presentation the presenter is answering questions for a small group of Deaf students. Your students asks you to voice for him. Your team signs, "you don't need us to voice. Just pay attention."

You wouldn't have minded voicing and think the student needed the support. But you didn't want to go against your team.

*What were some other options?
*Should you have voiced?
*If you voiced, how would you have approached that with your team?