Interpreting Industry Conferences

Who: Tennessee Association of Professional Interpreters and Translators

How to register: https://tapit.org/event/2019-tapit-annual-conference/

How many CE hours accredited by CCHI: Total of 6 CE hours for the two-day Main Conference are accredited: Day 1 – 4 CE hrs, Day 2 – 2 CE hrs. Make sure to collect presenters’ signatures or codes to verify your attendance (in addition to the general certificate) of the following accredited main conference sessions:

1) Postpartum Depression and the Impact of Cultural Factors (1 CE hr)
2) Above and Beyond Certification– Professional Intercultural Transformation (1 CE hr)
3) El Sistema Imunológico (2 CE hrs)
4) The Power of English: How Accents, Dialects, and Varieties affect the Patient-Provider Encounter (1 CE hr)
5) Legal Aspects in Non-Blood Medicine and Surgery (1 CE hr)
6) Interpreting for Tennessee Organ Donation Services (1 CE hr)
7) A Window into the Lexis of El Salvador for Healthcare Interpreters and Translators (1 CE hr)
8) Safe Medication Use: A Toolkit for Preventing Errors (1 CE hr)
9) How Am I Doing? The Delicate Art of Tailoring Feedback to Interpreters (1 CE hr)
10) Are You Really Communicating With Your LEP Patient/Client? (1 CE hr)
11) What Interpreters Need to Know About Human Trafficking (1 CE hr)
12) The Language Factor and Social Determinants of Health – Are the Dots Connected? (1 CE hr)

All Pre-conference Workshops are accredited (separate certificate):
1) Ethical Dilemmas in Healthcare Interpreting (3 CE hrs)
2) Interpreting Challenges vs. Challenging the Interpreter (3 PB CE hrs)
3) Llámame Pa’ Atrás DesdeTu Troka en la Escena Del Crimen (6 CE hrs)

Who: Oregon Health Care Interpreters Association

How to register: click here

How many CE hours accredited by CCHI: The total possible CE hours for the event is 4 CE hrs. The following sessions are accredited:

1) The Interpreter’s Guide to Sight Translation (2 PB CE hrs)
2) Interpreting Pregnancy and Childbirth Appointments (2 CE hrs)
3) This Bud’s For You: Understanding Medical Marijuana (2 CE hrs)
4) Interpreting in the Mental Health Setting (2 CE hrs)
5) Perspectives on Interpreting Addiction and Opioid Dependency Appointment (2 CE hrs)
6) Medical Interpreting in the Academic Setting (2 CE hrs)
7) Working with Survivors of Trauma (2 CE hrs)
8) Understanding the Diabetes Epidemic (2 CE hrs)
9) Best Practices in Interpreting for Patients with Dementia (2 CE hrs)
10) Managing Ethical Dilemmas (2 CE hrs)
11) Baby, You Look Good With Those Genes:  Interpreting Genetic Counseling Appointments (2 CE hrs)

Who: Arizona Translators and Interpreters

How to register: click here

How many CE hours accredited by CCHI: A total of 7 CE hrs can be earned for the whole conference. Attendees need to collect signatures or codes to confirm attendance of accredited sessions (some sessions are concurrent):

1) What you need to Succeed in Remote Interpreting: Tips and Tools for Enhancing One’s Performance – Practical Suggestions for Self-Assessment and Improvement (1.5 CE hr)
2) The Interpreter’s Voice: ROCK Your Musical Instrument (1.5 CE hr)
3) Medical Spanish Standardization in U.S. Medical Schools and Its Potential Impact in the Healthcare Interpreting Profession (1.5 CE hr)
4) Interpreter Error: Cause for Appeal? (1.5 CE hr)
5) Microaggressions: More Than Just Another Interpreting Session (1.5 CE hr)
6) How to Work Effectively with Mayan Interpreters (1 CE hr)
7) Overview of the Behavioral Health Interpreter Academy (1 CE hr)
8) On Translating Colloquial Latin American Spanish (1 CE hr)
9) Dealing with Cultural Specific Items in Translation and Interpretation  (1 CE hr)
10) Medical Ethics for Real Life (1.5 CE hr)
11) All About Interpreting a Deposition (1.5 CE hr)

Who: CCHI

How to register: http://cchicertification.org/10-years/summit/

How many CE hours accredited by CCHI: up to 5.5 CE hours by CEAP (onsite and full virtual attendance – 5.5 CE hrs, plenary livestream only – 4 CE hrs) – CEAP ID #09100

Who: American Translators Association

How to register: https://www.atanet.org/conf/2019/

How many CE hours accredited by CCHI: CCHI accredits the following sessions. All sessions 1 hour unless noted otherwise (for pre-conference sessions); performance-based sessions are noted as PB. Keep in mind that sessions are concurrent, so maximum 12 CE hours may be earned during all 3 days (collect presenter signatures to confirm your attendance):

1) 053- Cultural Intelligence in Health Care
2) 068- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act for Medical Interpreters
3) 059- Plain Language is Also for Experts
4) 057- Computer-Assisted Interpreting Tools
5) 104- Translating the Gap: Capturing Elusive Meaning
6) 075- LGBTQ+ Terminology and the Law
7) 062- Genetic Engineering of Humans
8) 083- The Current and Future State of Medical Interpreting Services
9) 054- Writing about People, for People: Making French>English Translations Sound Human, Part I
10) 069- Writing about People, for People: Making French>English Translations Sound Human, Part II
11) 055- Roma: Intralinguistic Conflicts
12) 089- Transcreation: When Every Word Matters
13) 073- Re-Interpreting Interpreting: Leveraging Cultural Capital in the Age of Digital Project Management
14) 097- Lock, Stock, and Barrel: Tools for Simultaneous Interpreting Development, Practice, and Performance (PB)
15) 088- AY-AY-AY AI! Is Artificial Intelligence Really Something to Fear?
16) 100- Let’s Sharpen the Pencils
17) 094- Pedagogical Tools for Teaching Translation and Interpreting Online
18) 102- Using Your Language Proficiency and Cultural Expertise: Employment Opportunities with the Federal Government
19) 098- Leveling the Playing Field through Education and Health Care
20) 096- Authentic Networking for Introverts
21) 058- How to Be an Interpreter and Not Go Broke
22) 103- Intervening without Interfering
23) 123- Heritage Speakers in Health Care Interpreting: A Case Study in Virtual Training
24) 090- North Korean Refugees: Navigating the Unique Interpreting Challenges Posed by 70 years of Separation, Part I
25) 091- North Korean Refugees: Navigating the Unique Interpreting Challenges Posed by 70 years of Separation, Part II
26) 128- A Translation Practice Group that Works
27) 132- “Emancipation”: Granting Equal Rights, or Allowing Equal Rights? The Hidden Biases of Dictionaries
28) 127- Note-Taking in Consecutive Interpreting, Part I (PB)
29) 141- Note-Taking in Consecutive Interpreting, Part II (PB)
30) 120- On Understanding and Translating Humor: The Spirits of Heinrich Böll’s House
31) 126- How to Learn New Productivity Tools for Free
32) 176- What Is the Future of Translation and Interpreting?
33) 135- Peace Brokers, Peace Breakers: The Role of Interpreters in War and Peace
34) 142- Diagramming French and English Sentences
35) 134- Empowerment, Objectification, and other Linguistic Challenges when Translating an Academic Textbook on Polish Medical Law from Polish into English
36) 137- Demystifying Medical Record Translation
37) 138- Introduction to ATA’s Mentoring Program
38) 161- Subpoena Power of Congress in the Case of Diplomatic Interpreters of the President of the United States
39) 020- Playing Linguistic Ping-Pong: A UN Interpreter’s Perspective, Part I
40) 035- Playing Linguistic Ping-Pong: A UN Interpreter’s Perspective, Part II
41) 148- Applying Latent Rhetorical Differences to Japanese>English Translation
42) 151- Interpreting for Palliative Care in Pediatrics
43) 155- Body Language and Paralanguage in the Interpreter-Mediated Encounter
44) 159- Assessing Translation and Interpreting Performance
45) 172- Enhancing the Professional Status of Translators
46) 170- Interpreting at a Detention Center for Asylum Seekers
47) 165- The Basics of Celiac Disease
48) 168- From the Stage to the Booth: Acting Tips to Improve Your Interpreting
49) 116- Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Plain Language
50) 106- Deposition Interpreting Workshop
51) 112- Tools for Language Learning and Maintenance
52) 115- Do as They Say, Not as They Does! A Year’s Worth of Queer Translation Errors Reviewed
53) 117- Future Tense: How has Neural Machine Translation Changed Our Industry and Where Will Technology Take Us in the Next 10 Years?
54) 150- English>Italian Translation Slam!
55) 113- Professional Identity: Can It Help Prepare Us for the AI Revolution?
56) 107- Fundamentals of the Pharmaceutical Clinical Study-Related Translation Field (Korean>English)
57) 109- The Indigenous Interpreter: Finally, a Training Program for Indigenous Interpreters Available to All
58) 119- Team Interpreting Inside and Out: Science, Law, Policy, Management, and Execution
59) 177- Determining the Degree of Translational Freedom: Translation Approaches for Specific Text Types
60) 014- Exploring the English Tense System: Advanced Version
61) 005- Going Negative: Challenges in Working with Negation in German>English Translations
62) 025- Inside IVs and Injections: Prickly Problems in Spanish>English Translation
63) 016- Introduction to Arabic Translation: Challenges and Tips
64) 022- America’s Languages: What We’re Doing for the Language Industry for the 21st Century
65) 023- Drugs, Alcohol, and Fentanyl: Interpreting for Chemical Dependency Patients
66) 026- Creating New Terminology: Do Translators Really Do This?
67) 032- It’s Got Flavor: Translating Odessa
68) 036- Brain Power and Emotional Fitness
69) 040- Transcreation: Creative Writing and Translation—Honing (and Challenging) Your Translation Skills with Marketing and Advertising Texts
70) 043- Indigenous Migration to the U.S.: Historical Perspective, Contemporary Problems, and the Struggle for the Recognition of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
71) 164- Oh, My Aching Back (Hips, Neck, Wrists, Ankles, Feet, Eyes)
72) 034- Activities for the Translation Classroom Not Involving Translation
73) 037- Man vs. Machine: Almost 10 Years Later
74) 131- New Roles for Translators and Interpreters
75) AST-13: Better Online Searches: Techniques and Tools (3 CE hrs)
77) AST-12: A Guide to Achieving Faithful but Idiomatic Translations (3 PB CE hrs)
78) AST-1: Advanced Interpreting Skills for Spanish-Language Interpreters (6 PB CE hrs)

Who: Washington State Coalition for Language Access

How to register: coming soon, click here for info

How many CE hours accredited by CCHI: The following sessions are accredited. Up to 11 CE hrs can be earned totally: Day 1 – 6 CE hrs, Day 2 – 5 CE hrs. Make sure to collect presenters’ signatures or codes to verify your attendance (in addition to the general certificate):

1) Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – Emerging Issues in Language Access at the Federal, State and Local Level (1 CE hr)
2) Ensuring Equal Access for Deaf Individuals (1.5 CE hrs)
3) Multilingual Communication for Emergencies: Where are we at in Washington? (1.5 CE hrs)
4) Emergency Services: Part 2. Community Engagement and Advocacy Efforts (1.5 CE hrs)
5) Contracting Interpreter Services in State Government (1 CE hr)
6) Legislative & Policy Update and Advocacy (1 CE hr)
7) Building Alliances – Moving Toward Statewide Language Access Coordination (1 CE hr)
8) Washington Demographics and Data: Building Blocks for Language Assistance Services (1.5 CE hrs)
9) Research and Advocacy: Washington’s commitment to Language Access in Health Care (1.5 CE hrs)
10) At the Heart of Healthcare: Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) (1 CE hr)

Who: Medical Interpreter Network of Georgia

How to register: click here

How many CE hours accredited by CCHI: 5.5 CE hours; the following sessions are accredited:

1. Voice Bootcamp: Optimizing Breathing and Voice
2. Mind- Mapping for advanced Ethical Decision making
3. Compassion in healthcare: balancing self-care and caring for others
4. No leap frogging: death in any language
5. When your dream job becomes ‘just another job’: avoiding inertia downward spiral