Today's episode brings us Yazmin Lope, Founder and CEO of Certified Interpreting Services. Yazmin considers herself a cheerleader: Always there to energize and empower her team to deliver outstanding results. She promotes empathy, dignity and fairness in the workplace to help guide her team through any challenges that occur and ensure they feel valued as team members. She truly puts the “cheer” in “leader.”

Yazmin is a certified Spanish interpreter registered with the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters and the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters. She also holds a Court Interpretation and Translation Certificate from UCLA Extension, earned with distinction, and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from Argosy University, making her uniquely well-placed to understand both linguists and clients.

After a decade in the corporate finance industry, Yazmin took a leap of faith from a prosperous executive position to forge a career with more meaning, purpose and focus on people. Starting from scratch, she went back to school at UCLA Extension where she graduated top of her class, and her unwavering sense of ambition combined with a results driven approach quickly earned her a reputation as a seasoned leader in the industry.

She prides herself on forging authentic relationships with her clients, peers, and colleagues and is on a mission to build an esteemed, go-to brand that her valued clients can always trust.

Tune in to find out where passion, commitment and grit led Yazmin.

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Is interpreting only one profession that happens to take place in a variety of settings? Join us today as I delve into this topic, along with many others, with Dr. Jonathan Downie, a consultant conference, business and church interpreter, interpreting between French and English as well as an interpreting researcher, author and speaker. His latest book, "Interpreters vs Machines: Can Interpreters Survive in an AI-Dominated World?" was published by Routledge in 2019. He also co-hosts the popular Troublesome Terps podcast with Alexander Drechsel, Alexander Gansmeier and Sarah Hickey, in addition to running the Inside Interpreting YouTube channel.

Tune in and join this excellent conversation, here on the Brand the Interpreter Podcast where I share your stories about our profession!

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Integrity Languages
Troublesome Terps
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Inside Interpreting


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Have you ever thought about what power words have? Join today's special episode as I chat with you about the topic of the power of words and what changes we can implement by simply choosing to use different words. 

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The world of ASL interpreting is not universal. Shawn Norris, Coordinator of Interpreting Services, Section 1557 Coordinator, and an ASL Interpreter,  joins us today to share his story of what life was like growing up as a hearing child with deaf parents; we talk about the importance of self-care, mentorships and more. Join this great conversation on another episode of the Brand the Interpreter Podcast, where I share your stories about our profession.

Episode Notes:
Shawn Norris LinkedIn
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THESE EPISODE NOTES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT ACCURATE INFORMATION:
Mr. Magnolia was invited by the Translation Center of the University of Massachusetts Amherst to lead individual workshops in a series of multiple workshops with multiple instructors for versions of the UMASS Translation Center's Interpreter and Translator in Education Workshop Series. The UMass Translation Center team, which includes the faculty director, UMASS employees, and graduate students, has been involved with meetings, planning, communication, and more with individual school districts and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to offer the workshop series to several school districts. They have truly been instrumental in launching the UMASS Translation Center's workshop series across the state."  - Brand the Interpreter apologizes for the misstatement in the intro.

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Today's episode brings us Nicholas Magnolia, a trained interpreter working in public schools.  Nicholas joins us to share his experiences as a language professional in a K-12 public school district, the challenges he's faced, and the solutions he's presented, as well as his hope for the future of language professional in schools.

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Episode Notes
Holyoke Public Schools Language Access Services
Create a T&I Unit in your School District

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Today, Dr. Sarabeth Berk joins the conversation to talk to us about hybridity in the workplace.
 
Dr. Sarabeth Berk is the leading expert in hybrid professional identity and joins us today for a quick recap on what we can do to, not only recognize our points of (genius) intersection, but also embrace what makes us unique.

You won't want to miss this special topic-episode on the Brand the Interpreter Podcast, where I share your stories about our profession (and sometimes bring in special topics too!).  Tune in!

Episode Notes:
Book
More Than My Title: The Power of Hybrid Professionals in a Workforce of Experts and
Generalists
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/194402767X?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
Social Media
Website: www.morethanmytitle.com
TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZg6jaMIvIE
Facebook: @morethanmytitle, www.facebook.com/morethanmytitle
Twitter: @sarabethberk twitter.com/sarabethberk
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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sarabethberk/
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Join today's interpreter conversation with Alex Chernenko, CEO of TRANSLIT, an Irish Language Solutions Provider, as we talk about the influence of the interpreter, creating opportunities during times of disruption and Life/Work Balance (in that order).

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EPISODE NOTES:
Alex Chernenko - LinkedIn
TRANSLIT - Website
TRANSLIT Interpreting Management Platform
TRANSLIT Remote Simultaneous Interpretation Platform
From Local to Global - Interpreting Insights


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Friday Q&A's are special episode dedicated to question submitted by listeners. Tune in to listen to this special episode of Friday Q&A's on Brand the Interpreter.

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Today's episode brings us Marina Ilari, a language professional specializing in video game localization. Join this fun conversation as we talk about her two worlds colliding in order to create her present day experience.  Marina is not only a fellow language professional, she's also a fellow podcaster; co host of the Spanish podcast, En Pantuflas. Tune in!

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EPISODE NOTES
Marina Ilari - LinkedIn
Terra Translations - website
En Pantuflas Podcast -https://en-pantuflas.com/


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Habi Coulibaly is the founder and CEO of Elite Interpretation. She's an avid polyglot, enthusiastic, professional, and a dedicated interpreter.  She is a Core Certified Healthcare Interpreter ™ through the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters and a Certified Medical Interpreter with the National Board of Certified Medical Interpreters.  She studied simultaneous, consecutive, and escort interpretation at the Howard University Ralph J. Bunch Center for International Affairs.

She  holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Sciences in
Chemical Engineering from Howard University, has lived in 6 countries throughout her
lifetime and has worked in research for NASA and corporate management at Verizon Telecommunications.

Today, Habi shares her beautiful story of pursuing her dream of becoming an interpreter, something she knew she wanted since she was a young girl. Tune in and find out how her heart kept reminding her where she should be as opposed to where others thought she ought to be.

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Episode Notes
Habi Coulibaly - LinkedIn
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Website - Elite Interpretation


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