Training resources
Wisconsin foreign language
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Professor Susan Rascón, Coordinator
Graduate Certificate Program in Translation
PO Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Phone: (414) 229-5710
E-mail: srascon@uwm.edu
Web site
- 24-credit Graduate Certificate Program in Translation
- 30-credit Master's Degree with a concentration in French, German, or Spanish translation
- Semester course in court interpreting (Spanish)
- Semester course in advanced court interpreting (Spanish)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Pa Vang
School of Continuing Education
161 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53203
Phone: (414) 227-3277
E-mail: pa@uwm.edu
- Training for Hmong interpreters working with domestic violence
Bridging the Gap Training
Medical Interpreting
Saul Arteaga (Delavan)
Southern Wisconsin Interpreting and Translation Services, Ltd. (SWITS)
Phone: (262) 740-2590
E-mail: saulart@msn.com
Web site
Equal Footing for Limited English Proficient Persons
Southern Wisconsin Interpreting and Translation Services, Ltd. (SWITS)
Phone: (262) 740-2590
E-mail: saulart@msn.com
Web site
- Equal Footing is a fundamental 16-hour seminar for medical and community interpreters
International Institute of Wisconsin
Klara Gercaliu, Program Coordinator
1110 N. Old World Third St., Suite 420
Milwaukee, WI 53203
Phone: (414) 225-6220
Fax: (414) 225-6235
E-mail: iiw@execpc.com
Web site
- Community, court, and medical interpreting: two-day fundamentals courses and continuing education seminars in various locations (all languages)
- Organizational base for International Institute of WI Registry of Qualified Interpreters
- Contact International Institute for training schedule
Madison Area Technical College - Downtown Campus
Language Interpreter for Health Services Program
Maria Banuelos
Phone: (608) 258-2460
E-mail:
mbanuelos@matcmadison.edu
Web site
- Program for interpreters working in the health and social services settings
UW Hospitals
Shiva Bidar-Sielaff
600 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53792
Phone: (608) 265-7424
E-mail: s.bidarsielaff@hosp.wisc.edu
Web site
- 40-hour training in medical interpreting for those interpreters who have gone through a screening and are added to the existing pool of interpreters
Waukesha County Technical College
Dr. Elvira Craig-de Silva, Associate Dean
800 Main St.
Waukesha, WI 53702
Phone: (262) 691-5256
E-mail: edesilva@waukesha.tec.wi.us
Web site
- 15-credit (one academic year plus two semesters of practicum) Advanced Technical Certificate program aimed at medical interpretation (Spanish-English)
- Semester course in court interpreting (Spanish)
Wisconsin Interpreter/Translator Association
Alexa Wirth and Patrick Ryan, moderators
E-mail: alexawirth@wi.rr.com, pbryan@quixnet.net
Web-site
- Free listserv for informal discussions on interpreting issues (all languages)
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Wisconsin sign language
Wisconsin Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
Maria Kielma, President
3960 S. Kingan
St. Francis, WI 53235
E-mail: president@wisrid.org
Web site
- The principle purposes of this organization are to initiate, sponsor, promote and execute policies and activities that will further the profession of interpretation of American Sign Language and English and the transliteration of English in all modes.
Fox Valley Technical College
Educational Interpreter Technician Program
Donna Sisco, Lead Instructor
1825 N. Bluemound Dr.
Appleton, WI 54912
Phone: (920) 996-2820
TTY: (920) 735-2497
Fax: (920) 831-4314
E-mail:
sisco@fvtc.edu
Web site
- Sign language interpreter training in educational settings
Gateway Technical College
Interpreter Technician Program
400 County Road H
Elkhorn, WI 53121-2020
Phone: (262) 741-6175
Web site
- Four-semester program educating in the areas of Deaf history, culture, and American Sign Language (ASL).
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Interpreter Technician Program
Margaret James, CSC, SC:L, SC:PA, Chairperson
700 W. State St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Phone: (414) 297-6784
TTY: (414) 297-8407
Fax: (414) 297-7990
E-mail:
jamesm@matc.edu
Web site
- Online courses for sign language interpreter training
Northcentral Technical College
Educational Interpreter Technician Program
Maggie Holt, IC/TC Instructor
1000 West Campus Drive
Wausau, WI 54401-1899
Phone: (715)675-3331
TTY: (715) 675-6341
Fax: (715) 6759776
E-mail: holt@northcentral.tec.wi.us
Web site
- This program provides skills to work in schools as educational interpreters and support service providers for deaf students.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Interpreter Training Program
Heather Ford, CI/CT, Advisor/Sign Language Interpreter
Department of Exceptional Education
Enderis Hall 697
2400 E. Harford Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: (414) 229-4663
VP: (414) 229-1208
Fax: (414) 229-5500
E-mail:
hford@uwm.edu
Web site
- Four-semester program teaching sign language interpreting in a variety of settings
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Other states
Arizona
Agnese Haury Institute for Court Interpretation
University of Arizona, National Center for Interpretation
Modern Language Building, Room 445
P.O. Box 210067
Tucson, AZ 85721-0067
Phone: (520) 621-3615
Fax: (520) 624-8130
E-mail: ncitrp@u.arizona.edu
Web site
- Three-week intensive court interpreter training program (Spanish-English)
- Preparation for federal exam
California
California Court Interpreters Program
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Graduate School of Translation & Interpretation
Holly Mikkelson, Association Professor
Phone: (831) 647-3553
E-mail: hmikkelson@miis.edu
Web site
- One- to four-week courses at the introductory, intermediate and advanced levels in court interpreting, with special courses designed for certification exam preparation (Spanish-English, with plans to expand to Vietnamese, Korean, and Cantonese)
- Two-week introductory course in medical interpreting (Spanish-English, with plans to expand to Vietnamese, Korean, and Cantonese)
- Also offers a two-year graduate program in interpretation and translation
Asian Health Services
Hong Vu, M.A.
818 Webster Street
Oakland, California 94607
Phone:
(510) 986-1153 ext. 204
Web site
- Forty-hour, five-week training for health care staff and interpreters covering topics such as legal and ethical issues, culture and health, medical terminology, and basic anatomy and physiology
Illinois
Chicago Health Outreach
4750 North Sheridan Road, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60640
Phone: (773) 751-4092
Fax: (773) 506-7178
E-mail: cholip@enteract.com
Web site
- Forty-hour course training for legal interpretation
- Forty-hour training for mental health interpreters
- There is also diversity and cultural competency training
John A. Logan College, Carterville, Illinois
Certificate of Professional Development for Interpreters, online courses for sign language
Interpreter Preparation Program
John A. Logan College
700 Logan College Road
Carterville, Illinois 62918
Paula Willig, Interpreter Program Advisor
Phone: (618) 985-3741 ext. 8456
TTY: (618) 985-6018
E-mail: paulawillig@jalc.edu
Web site
- CEU certificate program consists of four required courses and one optional course; Three credits each course
- The current cost is $46 per credit hour plus a $20 course fee for online courses
- "Interpreter Ethics in Action" will be offered this summer
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Minnesota
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Minnesota Court Interpreter Program
Katrin Johnson, Court Interpreter Program Coordinator
State Court Administrator's Office
25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Phone: (651) 215-0046 or (651) 297-5300 (general information on testing and training)
E-mail: cip@courts.state.mn.us
Web site
- Two-day training focusing on legal procedure and vocabulary
- Available only to interpreters working in Minnesota courts
- Hmong Advanced Language and Interpreter Training
- Hmong Interpreter Study Group
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Bruce Downing, Program Director
Program in Translation and Interpreting
220 Nolte Center for Continuing Education
Phone: (612) 624-5024 (general) or (612) 624-6552 (Program Director)
Fax: (612) 624-4579
Web site
- Certificate program in health care interpreting
- Certificate program in legal interpreting with semester courses in legal interpreter training and American law
- Translation services available
South Carolina
University of Charleston, S.C.
Bilingual Legal Interpreting
c/o Office of Graduate Studies
Randolph Hall, 66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424-0001
Phone: (803) 953-5614
Virginia Benmaman, Program Director
E-mail: benmaman@cofc.edu
Web site
- Forty-two-credit Master’s program in Bilingual Legal Interpreting to be completed in two years (English-Spanish)
- Components of the program include simultaneous and consecutive skills building, sight translation, legal process and procedures, judicial system, legal terminology, and a practicum
Washington
Cross-Cultural Health Care Program (Bridging the Gap)
270 So. Hanford St., Suite 208
Seattle, WA 98134
Phone: (206) 860-0329 or (206) 860-0331
Fax 206-860-0334
Web site
- Forty-hour health care interpreter training course (also offers cultural competency and linguistic training)
Practice materials
“Interpretapes"
Agnese Haury Institute for Court Interpretation
University of Arizona-National Center for Interpretation Testing, Research, and Policy
Modern Languages Building, Rm 445
P.O. Box 210067
Tucson, AZ 85721-0067
Phone: (520) 621-3615 or
(520) 624-3153
Fax: (520) 624-8130
E-mail: ncitrp@pop.u.arizona.edu
Web site
- Series of audiotapes for court interpreting in English-Spanish
"The Interpreter's Edge"
ACEBO
P.O. Box 7485
Spreckels, CA 93962
Phone: (831) 455-1507
Fax: (831) 455-1541
Web site
- Book and set of audiocassettes in all techniques of court interpreting. Further simultaneous practice materials include: expert witness testimony, miscellaneous court proceedings, and jury instructions (all languages)
- Legal interpreting books and tapes in Spanish. Extensive offerings and special materials
- Tape course for medical interpreting
“Subject to Interpretation” Magazine
De la Mora Solutions
Agustin de la Mora
Orlando, Florida
Phone: (866) 821-3529
E-mail: STI@delamorasolutions.com
Web site
- Quarterly Magazine for court interpreters to practice interpreting skills. Issues come with English-Spanish practice CDs. One-year subscriptions or monthly issues available
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