Components of an interpreting system

1
Components of an interpreting system
Sign Language Interpreting and Access of the
Deaf to the Legal System College of Social Work
and Community Development University of the
Philippines Diliman, Quezon City July 27- 28,
2007

• Liza B. Martinez, Ph.D.
• Director
• Philippine Deaf Resource Center, Inc.

2
Generating an interpreter pool
3
Certifying interpreters
4
Service delivery
Visual Communication Assessment for the Deaf
5
Primary policies needed

• Registration (/or accreditation of interpreter
  training programs)
• National assessment standards
• National certification standards
• Service delivery Consumer- Interpreter Matching
  compensation working conditions
• Grievances, violations
• Continuing evaluation

6

• Other policies needed
• Recognition of Filipino Sign Language as a
  Philippine language, and eventually, as the
  national sign language
• Monitoring and accreditation of sign language
  instruction programs

7
Critical technical requirements

• Progressive, rights-based framework for
  monitoring (accrediting?) interpreter training
  programs
• Linguistically-based assessment standards
• Linguistically-based certification standards

8
Critical Deaf inputs

• Monitoring (accreditation?) of interpreter
  training programs - particularly curriculum and
  materials
• Assessment of sign language competency
• Assessment of sign interpretation competency
• All matters relating to Deaf interpreters
• Grievances ethical concerns
• Continuing certification