The Community Interpreter Training

The Community Interpreter® International

Join a field of passionate, committed professionals working in medical, legal, and school settings: Become a community interpreter! The Community Interpreter® International is a comprehensive 40-hour certificate training program. It provides the prerequisite for national medical interpreting certification. The Community Interpreter® International is an interactive, skills-based program. It’s never boring. It is also the most up-to-date program in the field and comes from nationally-recognized Cross Cultural Communications. The training sessions ground you in what you need to know to work as a professional interpreter. With a broader reach than Bridging the Gap, the focus in TCI is on medical, school and government or nonprofit service settings. With this program, you receive a copy of the most comprehensive textbook and workbook in the field. Content includes:

• Ethics and Standards of Practice
• Interpreting Protocols and Skills
• Professional Identity & Role of the Interpreter
• Medical Terminology
• Practical interpreting exercises

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Registration

After we receive your training fee, you will receive instructions for signing up for your language assessment. The assessment is self-scheduled and takes about a half hour by computer. If you already have documentation of a language assessment, or if you’re already an LTC interpreter, we will waive the language assessment.

After we receive a passing score on your language assessment, you will be officially admitted to the course. If you don’t receive a passing score, you can wait three months and take the language evaluation again.

If you need to reschedule your language assessment, an additional fee will apply.

• Training fees: Fees can be paid online by Visa or MasterCard.
• The course is taught entirely in English, in order to accommodate a multi-lingual classroom.
• Courses meet from 9 am to 5 pm each day of training.
• You must attend all 40 hours to successfully complete the training program.
• The course is limited to a maximum of 20 candidates per class.

Cancellations made three weeks before the start of TCI will receive a full refund. Cancellations received within three weeks will receive a 50% refund. We cannot issue refunds for no-shows once the training begins. In order to cancel, you must contact Jessica Fisher.