Community Interpreting

Catalog description

This course discusses the evolution and defining of professionalization within the field of interpreting, as well as explores various aspects of working in the community and the dynamics surrounding community involvement. This course is highly interactive, discussion based and brings in guests from the Rochester community. There is a strong emphasis on Business Practices, Professional Behavior and Communication, and Power and Privilege throughout the class. The recognition and development of soft skills are emphasized, including discretionary practices, ethical decision-making, current standards, and community connections and resources. The goal of this class is to guide students in traversing the dialectic, rather than eliciting right or wrong answers that simply reflect the rhetoric of the interpreting field.