Imagine your first interpreter experience being for the president of Venezuela. That is exactly how Melissa’s interpreter career began many years ago. Since then has gained invaluable opportunities interpreting for the United Nations Office and over 40 international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland. Listen to this episode to hear her story and her take on what makes an interpreter great.

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In this episode Darinka will unpack the secret to becoming a great simultaneous interpreter and how to be prepared for literally any interpretation assignment no matter how difficult the topic.

Darinka Mangino is a conference and court interpreter for Spanish, English, and French. Darinka has over 24 years of professional experience as a high-profile Conference Interpreter. She has served as the personal interpreter of three presidents of Mexico and is hired by several international organizations like the UN and the OAS.

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On this podcast, we share insightful questions and information about the translation industry and what companies should be thinking about when translating or doing localization.  

Our guest Veronika is a translation industry veteran, with 14 years of experience working in project management, account management, and more recently in the past 4 years in new business development.  She’s worked with Fortune 500 companies, helping them expand their global footprint.

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An insider’s perspective of the medical interpreter’s role from one of the nation’s largest hospitals, Providence Health and Services.

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Fidel Ferrer, Executive Director at Project Ledo, talks about his story, experience with racism in the US and beyond, and what medical providers should know when seeing people of color.

Connect with Fidel Ferrer: www.projectledo.org

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Join president/ founder of Linguava David Brackett as he interviews, Carmelina Cadena, a Maya Akateko woman from Guatemala. 

Her story will inspire you. When she was 7 years old, Carmelina and her parents arrived in the States fleeing the war in Guatemala. They became migrant seasonal workers, picking fruits and vegetables in the fields. Later, Carmelina graduated from high school then in 2002 was discovered by Berlitz and became an interpreter for EOIR.

Connect with Carmelina Cadena on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmelina-cadena-aa927434/

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As a medical interpreter, when do you step out as an advocate?  What is the role of a medical interpreter? How do we follow the interpreter code of ethics?

These are all essential questions for a medical provider and interpreter to know.  As a medical interpreter, you find yourself in a plethora of scenarios and have to make split-second decisions on a daily basis.

For certified Russian interpreter Svetlana Ruth, my guest on this episode, she understands as good as anyone the importance of understanding how to act within the interpreter code of ethics. The class she teaches about interpreter ethics is legendary and in this episode, she shares with us how medical interpreters can best respond in the most challenging scenarios.

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Health equity is being negatively impacted during the coronavirus pandemic. In this episode, we interview Chief Medical Officer from Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Dr. Jeffery Eisen on what to look out for, and how to achieve health equity in the new normal.

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Join our host David Brackett and our invited guest Daniel Halberg while they discuss everything you need to know about going remote as an interpreter during COVID-19 and beyond.

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Join our host David Brackett president at Linguava on our first podcast where we discuss how effective interpretation impacts power, privilege, and access to communication alongside our special guest Toc Soneoulay-Gillespie (Social Services Manager, Population Health Partnerships at CareOregon) 

You can reach Toc Soneolay-Gillespie via email [email protected]

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