For interpreters
Training resources
Wisconsin spoken language
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Lorena Terando, Program Coordinator
PO Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Phone: (414) 229-5968
E-mail: terando@uwm.edu
Website
- Master of Arts in Language, Literature and Translation: 10-course, 30-credit program
- Graduate Certificate in Translation: 8 course, 24-credit certificate program
- Available in the following language pairs: English-Spanish, French-English, German-English, Spanish-English
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Pa Vang
School of Continuing Education
161 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53203
Phone: (414) 227-3277
E-mail: pa@uwm.edu
- Training for Hmong interpreters working with domestic violence
Viterbo University
Vincente Guillot, Associate Professor
World Languages and Cultures
Coordinator of the Certificate in Community Interpreting
900 Viterbo Drive La Crosse, WI 54601
Phone: (608) 796-3492
E-mail: vcguillot@viterbo.edu
Website
- Community interpreting certificate initiative is a 15-credit program aimed at producing qualified interpreters for non-English speakers to enable them to effectively communicate with the providers of public services so as to facilitate full and equal access to legal, health, educational, government, and social services.
Equal Footing for Limited English Proficient Persons
Saul Arteaga, Southern Wisconsin Interpreting and Translation Services, Ltd. (SWITS)
Phone: (262) 740-2590
E-mail: saulart@swits.us
Website
- Equal Footing is a fundamental 16-hour seminar for medical and community interpreters
International Institute of Wisconsin
1110 N. Old World Third St., Suite 420
Milwaukee, WI 53203
Phone: (414) 225-6220
E-mail: iiw@execpc.com
Website
- Community, court, and medical interpreting: two-day fundamentals courses and continuing education seminars in various locations (all languages)
- Organizational base for International Institute of Wis. Registry of Qualified Interpreters
- Contact International Institute for training schedule
Tamesia K. Sosa
Interpreter
Trainer and Consultant
E-mail: tsosa32@gmail.com
- Note-taking tools for interpreters, Interpre-paper Flip Chart Court and Healthcare Editions
- Healthcare and court interpreter training, note-taking workshops, curriculum writing, lectures and presentation, training of trainers seminars
Waukesha County Technical College
Language Interpreter for Health Services Program
Dr. Elvira Craig-de Silva, Associate Dean
800 Main St.
Waukesha, WI 53702
Phone: (262) 691-5256
E-mail: edesilva@waukesha.tec.wi.us
Website
- 15-credit (one academic year plus two semesters of practicum) Advanced Technical Certificate program aimed at medical interpretation (Spanish-English)
- Semester course in court interpreting (Spanish)
Wisconsin Interpreter/Translator Association
Alexa Wirth and Patrick Ryan, moderators
E-mail: alexawirth@wi.rr.com, pbryan@quixnet.net
Web-site
- Free listserv for informal discussions on interpreting issues (all languages)
Wisconsin sign language
Wisconsin Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Susan Gordon, President
E-mail: president@wisrid.org
Website
- The principle purposes of this organization are to initiate, sponsor, promote and execute policies and activities that will further the profession of interpretation of American Sign Language and English and the transliteration of English in all modes.
Gateway Technical College
Interpreter Technician Program
Interpreter Technician Program
Mary Mair, Instructor
400 County Road H
Elkhorn, WI 53121
Phone: (262) 741-8388 v/t
E-mail:
mmair@gtc.edu
Website
- Four-semester program educating in the areas of deaf history, culture, and American Sign Language (ASL).
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Medical Interpreter Program
700 W. State St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Phone: (414) 297-MATC
E-mail: info@matc.edu
- The Medical Interpreter program is a two-semester technical diploma bilingual program in the Health Occupations division. It is designed to prepare you to qualify for employment as a Medical Interpreter for patients and healthcare providers in a healthcare setting. The program also prepares you to provide consecutive or simultaneous medical language interpretation services for patients who have limited English proficiency and families whose primary language is not English. For more career information, visit www.ncihc.org.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Interpreter Training Program
Department of Exceptional Education
Enderis Hall 697
2400 E. Harford Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: (414) 229-4721
E-mail: hford@uwm.edu
Website
- Four-semester program teaching sign language interpreting in a variety of settings
Other states
Arizona
Agnese Haury Institute for Court Interpretation
University of Arizona, National Center for Interpretation
Modern Language Building, Room 445
P.O. Box 210067
Tucson, AZ 85721-0067
Phone: (520) 621-3615
Fax: (520) 624-8130
E-mail: ncitrp@u.arizona.edu
Website
- Three-week intensive court interpreter training program (Spanish-English)
- Preparation for federal exam
California
California Court Interpreters Program
Website
- Useful list of legal glossaries in 11 languages
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Graduate School of Translation & Interpretation
Holly Mikkelson, Association Professor
Phone: (831) 647-3553
E-mail: hmikkelson@miis.edu
Website
- One- to four-week courses at the introductory, intermediate and advanced levels in court interpreting, with special courses designed for certification exam preparation (Spanish-English, with plans to expand to Vietnamese, Korean, and Cantonese)
- Two-week introductory course in medical interpreting (Spanish-English, with plans to expand to Vietnamese, Korean, and Cantonese)
- Also offers a two-year graduate program in interpretation and translation
Asian Health Services
Hong Vu, M.A.
818 Webster Street
Oakland, California 94607
Phone: (510) 986-1153 ext. 204
Website
- Forty-hour, five-week training for health care staff and interpreters covering topics such as legal and ethical issues, culture and health, medical terminology, and basic anatomy and physiology
Illinois
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights
4753 N. Broadway #400
Chicago, IL 60640
Phone: (773) 751-4122
Website
- Forty-hour course training for legal interpretation
- Forty-hour training for mental health interpreters
- There is also diversity and cultural competency training
John A. Logan College, Carterville, Illinois
Certificate of Professional Development for Interpreters, online courses for sign language - Interpreter Preparation Program
John A. Logan College
700 Logan College Road
Carterville, Illinois 62918
Paula Willig, Interpreter Program Advisor
Phone: (618) 985-3741 ext. 8456
TTY: (618) 985-6018
E-mail: paulawillig@jalc.edu
Website
- CEU certificate program consists of four required courses and one optional course; Three credits each course
- The current cost is $46 per credit hour plus a $20 course fee for online courses
- "Interpreter Ethics in Action" will be offered this summer
Minnesota
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Bruce Downing, Program Director
Program in Translation and Interpreting
220 Nolte Center for Continuing Education
Phone: (612) 624-5024 (general) or (612) 624-6552 (Program Director)
Website
- Certificate program in health care interpreting
- Certificate program in legal interpreting with semester courses in legal interpreter training and American law
- Translation services available
New Mexico
New Mexico Center for Language Access
Paula Couselo
Phone: (505) 270-0206 or (800) 894-5919, ext. 680
E-mail: paulacou@unm.edu
Website
- Multilingual interpreting and translation certificate programs
Washington
Cross-Cultural Health Care Program (Bridging the Gap)
4700 42nd Ave SW Suite 580
Seattle, WA 98116
Phone: (206) 860-0329
Website
- Forty-hour health care interpreter training course (also offers cultural competency and linguistic training)
Practice materials
"Interpretapes"
Agnese Haury Institute for Court Interpretation
University of Arizona-National Center for Interpretation
P.O. Box 210432
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 621-3615 Fax: (520) 624-8130
E-mail: ncitrp@u.arizona.edu
Website
- Series of audiotapes for court interpreting in English-Spanish
ACEBO
P.O. Box 7485
Spreckels, CA 93962
Phone: (831) 455-1507
Fax: (831) 455-1541
E-mail: jim@acebo.com or holly@acebo.com
Website
- Book and set of audiocassettes in all techniques of court interpreting. Further simultaneous practice materials include: expert witness testimony, miscellaneous court proceedings, and jury instructions (all languages)
- Legal interpreting books and tapes in Spanish
- Extensive offerings and special materials
- Tape course for medical interpreting
De la Mora Interpreter Training
Agustin de la Mora
PO Box 677922
Orlando, Florida 32867
Phone: (407) 677-4155
E-mail: interpreter.answers@googlewave.com
Website
- This publication is the ideal tool to practice and increase your interpreting skills. Each issue comes to you in a double package, containing one CD-ROM and one CD
- The CD-ROM offers you Articles, Information, Links, Practical Exercises and the complete scripts for the Sight, Consecutive and Simultaneous exercises, a total of eight scripts, designed to help you improve your vocabulary and interpreting skills
Consortium for Language Access in the Courts
National Center for State Courts
Nikiesha Cosby
300 Newport Avenue
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone: (757) 259-1591
Fax: (757) 564-2111
E-mail: ncosby@ncsc.org
Website
- Practice and self-study materials which include legal glossaries in other languages, practice oral exam and other self-assessment tools
Online educational opportunities
Interpreter Education Online
Bromberg & Associates, LLC
Jinny Bromberg
Phone: (313) 871-0080
E-mail: jinny@InterpreterEducationOnline.com
Website
de la Mora Interpreter training
Augustin de la Mora
Phone (407) 677-4155
E-mail: de_la_Mora_Interpreter_training@mail.vresp.com
Website