$60.00
Simultaneous interpreting is not just for business and conference events, and it has an important place in community settings, such as healthcare, education, and the legal system. Most interpreters in these settings are already carrying out this mode of interpreting, and yet most training programs do not cover it. This workshop is meant to fill this gap. This two-part course contains recorded sessions held through 2024.
Accredited CEUs:
The first part, Introductory Principles, is a 2-hr introductory session on the theoretical underpinnings and skills needed to master simultaneous interpreting.
The second part is the Guided Practice. We recommend that if you decide to purchase the guided practice component, you must have completed the 2-hr introductory session (exceptions are to those with MCIs or other formal education that included rigorous simultaneous training, or if you have attended an introductory session with Elena Langdon in the last 2 years).
The guided practice component is led by a MasterWord Institute expert, and include peer practice, resources for further practice, and suggested “homework.” This sort of deliberate and focused practice is what will really make the difference in your interpreting performance over time, and will go much beyond the introductory principles or similar presentations and workshops that run for a day or less and expect you to be able to implement all the advice and tips on your own.
How it works:
Simultaneous interpreting is an important tool for interpreters in most settings, yet in healthcare, education, and other community setting training, most programs focus on consecutive interpreting and sight translation. And because it cannot be learned in a just a few hours, we developed this course to guide interpreters through deliberate practice specifically for simultaneous interpreting in non-conference settings.
During the guided practice, you will practice various skill-building exercises that underpin quality simultaneous interpreting output, as well as practice simultaneous interpreting. The settings we will cover are healthcare, education, legal, and social work/mental health. All videos/audios provided will be in English, for practice into your non-English language.
The introductory session was held on July 31, 2024 at 5pm CST (6pm EST). This session recording is available in your course library.
Below is a draft of the outline of the sessions:
| Session | Topic/Skill | |
| 1 | Introduction to deliberate practice principles; baseline performance (speech 1); simple shadowing | |
| 2 | Simple shadowing + shadowing with increased decalage; speech 2 | |
| 3 | Smart shadowing; speech 3 | |
| 4 | Chunking and salami technique; speech 4 | |
| 5 | Clozing and prediction skills; speech 5 | |
| 6 | Summary and expansion skills; speech 6 | |
| 7 | Reformulation; speech 7 | |
| 8 | Decalage; speech 8 | |
| 9 | Public speaking skills; speech 9 | |
| 10 | Tech setup for RSI & terminology mining & extraction; speech 10 | |
| 11 | AI-enhanced interpreting; speech 11 | |
| 12 | Self and peer feedback; speech 1, take 2 |
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