Interpreter's Workshop with Tim Curry

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The Best DEMANDING Job Ever! Yes, with CONTROLS!
(See what I did there?)

Dr Robyn K Dean opens the curtain for us to see how her journey in our signed language interpreting profession had familiar steps of development that we all have. She went from frustration, almost boredom to looking deep into what we do, which lead to the study and research that we know today, Demand Control Schema as a part of our professional practice.

Robyn shares those moments from behind the scenes as she grew in her work. Enjoy the stories and insight in this episode and in the coming episodes.

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I taught you better than that! - Joni Bice.

We end our conversation with Joni Bice in this episode. She nicely gives us her wise perspective on how to work with students of sign language interpreting, interpreter teams, and much more. We might even share some giggles.

This episode is the first to have an outtake at the ending, so stayed tuned after I sign off. You'll have a little laugh too.

A BIG thank you to Joni Bice for her patience with me as a student, team interpreter, and as an interviewer. It was such a joy to do these episodes.

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Challenges, Changes, Chapters of Life...

Joni Bice continues to share her stories of how the sign language interpreting profession changed in the U.S. She tells of the late Lillian Beard and how she influenced Joni with her attitude towards the younger generation of interpreters. We talk about how to find ongoing education to match our skill level, how to handle the tough assignments, what makes Joni laugh and much more.

Next week we hear the last of this interview.

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Forget about your interpreting! Then you never have to disclose what you know. 

My conversation with Joni Bice from Oklahoma, USA, continues. She shares stories and developments and influences of:

• interpreter working conditions
• testing
• organizations
• ethical development
• and more

Stayed tuned for next week's conversation continuation!

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From Texas to Oklahoma, "Plain Interpreting"!

We hear stories of how the Sign Language Interpreting profession evolved from the 1970s to today. My guest Joni Bice retells the struggles, the details of working conditions, education, testing, and human interactions from her lived experiences. She recalls experiences from her first introduction to the Deaf community and its language to becoming the first Department Head of the interpreting program in Oklahoma City.

It's great to learn about history from those who lived it. Learn with me from this episode to the next parts of our conversation in the coming weeks.

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Rights! Right?  - The theme of the 2023 efsli conference.

We all have rights as signed language interpreters, but what are they; how do we use them; when can we use them? Those were some of the questions attendees and presenters looked at this year at the conference - LIVE. In this episode we get a taste of this discussion through the eyes of fellow signed language interpreters:

[NOTE: The sound quality is influenced by the great mingling of that rare species of signed language interpreters. Listen carefully to their excitement.]

Kamila Skalska our reporter (Poland)
Aleksandra Kalata-Zawlocka (Poland)
Tamara Halutzi (Israel)
Nancy Ropiejko(Poland-USA)
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Tom Temming (Germany)
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Joanna Huczynska (Poland) [interpreter voice: Kamila Skalska]
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David Wolfenden (UK)
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Sherry Shaw (USA)
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Radka Novakova (Czech Republic) [interpreter voice: Klara Hercikova
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Paul Michaels (UK)
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Siegrid Leurs (efsli Board - Belgium)

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efsli 2023 CONFERENCE in Thessaloniki, Greece! 15-17 September, 2023

Kamila Skalska a super friend of the podcast attended the conference and connected us to attendees there.
I first introduce you to Kamila and then we meet a few of the attendees, efsli board members and presenters from the weekend. This week is only a taste of more to come next week.

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All Aboard! Haaahaaha! ...the crazy train of interpreting travel.

How is traveling like interpreting?
How is solo travel different than travelling in a tour group?

In this episode, I compare how working solo as an interpreter has similarities to travelling solo. I also compare travelling in a tour group with interpreting in a team. There are positives and negatives to both working environments. Let's talk about how we can navigate the conditions in both.

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That was a great seminar! What was it about?

We've all been there, done that. We attend a great training, workshop or conference and then a few days later we only remember a few things. A few weeks later, and most of it is gone. How do we make better use of our time and trainings?

This InterpreTips episode focuses on the Feynman technique which can lead to better comprehension of what we attended and better retention (help us to remember these new concepts longer).

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What? Huh? I don't understand what you mean.

Yes, people are confusing. Today, our guest Filip Machac finishes our conversation discussing imposter-syndrome connected to beginning the profession of interpreting, and how we can overcome it.

My thanks again to my fellow Czech interpreter, Filip Machac for sharing his passion of our profession.

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