NOVEMBER 26, 2003
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS DUE — CHIA membership is renewed annually in December. Members will receive a renewal notice in the upcoming newsletter. Before then members can print out the membership form on the CHIA website, www.chia.ws, and mail it with their contribution to: CHIA – 2004 Membership Renewal, One Capitol Mall, Ste. 320, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Regular membership is still just $35. Students pay $15. Sponsoring individuals give $100. Organizational rates begin at $150 for budgets of $500,000 or more. If you’re an employee of an organizational member you may also pay just $15. (If you are a new member who joined after September 1, you already have 16-month membership that lasts until the end of 2004).
FACILITY ASSESSMENTS — CHIA in December plans to assess the language services offered at two health facilities, a pilot project being funded by The California Endowment. One of the facilities to be assessed by CHIA and subcontractors Katharine Allen and Molina Health Plan is Pacific Hospital in Long Beach, a full-service acute care hospital that serves a diverse ethnic population. CHIA is also in discussions regarding participation by a network of Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) clinics in the Bay Area. The assessment itself will include interviews with interpreters and administrators and a review of policies and materials at the facilities. For CHIA, the goal of the pilot is to develop and refine the assessment tool, which is intended to recommend how facilities can make cost-effective improvements in their language services.
CHIA PARTICIPATES IN NEW MEDIA EXPO — Former CHIA Vice President Terry Bautista represented the organization on November 18-19 at the New California Media’s Annual Expo and Awards in San Francisco. More than 2,000 attendees took part in the event, which is the country’s largest showcase for ethnic publishing, broadcast, and internet media. Bautista staffed the CHIA table at the event.
COURSE DISCOUNT FOR CHIA MEMBERS — The University of Arizona’s National Center for Interpretation Medical Interpreter Training Institute is offering CHIA members a 10% discount on its three intensive interpreter training courses scheduled for 2004. The location, schedule, and the cost of the courses are as follows:
Sacramento, CA, March 25 - March
28, 2004 (8 a.m. - 5 p.m.) - $69
Tucson, AZ,
January 22 - January 25, 2004 (8 a.m. - 5 p.m.) - $695
Tucson, AZ,
July 12 – July 17, 2004 (8 a.m. - 5 p.m.) - $89
The Institute lists the following course objectives: To improve medical Spanish, interpreting, and translating for any medical professionals or bilingual personnel who serve the public. To improve understanding of the interpreter’s role, Spanish-English medical language proficiency, cultural competency and its application, specialized terminology, and interpreting/ translation technique in order to reduce interpreter error and promote improved health care for Latinos.
The Institute describes the curriculum as:
• Introductory lectures on consecutive interpretation, sight translation, and simultaneous interpretation.
• Specialized terminology and major diseases will be covered through practice with medical dialogues between caregivers and patients that will include an introduction to the disease, questions and symptoms associated with that disease.
• Ethics, Procedure, Protocol, and Multicultural Awareness, including five one-hour presentations devoted to these topics. Special emphasis is placed on helping interpreters utilize their cultural competence to facilitate communication.
For more information contact Armando Valles at (520) 621-3615 or ncitrp@u.arizona.edu or avalles@email.arizona.edu
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NOVEMBER 12, 2003
CHIA SETS ANNUAL HOLIDAY BRUNCH — CHIA and the Southern California Area Translators and Interpreters Association (SCATIA) are hosting a third annual Holiday Brunch at 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, December 6, at the Empress Pavilion Restaurant, 988 North Hill St. #201, Los Angeles. This dim sum brunch is open to interpreters, translators, trainers, advocates, employers, and anyone interested in efforts to overcome linguistic and cultural barriers in healthcare, schools, courts, and private industry.
Representatives from interpreter organizations and training programs at CSU Northridge, Mt. San Antonio College, and others will take up the microphone for a few minutes to report on their activities. Legal, Workers Comp, school district and Guild interpreters are all welcome. The $17 fee must be paid in advance. Please mail your RSVP and check made out to SCATIA by Tuesday, Dec 2. Send to SCATIA, PO Box 34310, Los Angeles, CA 90034. Questions can be directed to Beverly Treumann, (310) 825-8515.
CHIA ADDS VOICE TO TRANSLATORS CONFERENCE — Several
CHIA members and Board member Charles Legier, former Board member Katharine
Allen, and Executive Director Tom Riley took part last week in the 44th Annual
Conference of the American Translators Association in Phoenix. Allen, now a
consultant to CHIA on our language services assessment pilot, spoke to conferees
on the subject of the CHIA Standards. Her presentation was titled, An
Overview of the Professionalization of Healthcare Interpreting and the
Contribution of CHIA’s California Standards for Healthcare Interpreters. An
article about the CHIA standards was included in the conference proceedings as
well.
Medical interpreting was spotlighted at the ATA conference, which included a
“Day of Medicine” on November 7 dedicated to issues in healthcare interpreting.
Interest and attendance was high, as was interest in the CHIA Standards and
planned activities. Healthcare Interpreting is garnering more and more attention
nationally. Feedback from conference attendees showed CHIA is looked to as a
leader in the emergence of the profession.
CHIA SETS ANNUAL HOLIDAY BRUNCH — CHIA and the Southern California Area Translators and Interpreters Association (SCATIA) are hosting a third annual Holiday Brunch at 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, December 6, at the Empress Pavilion Restaurant, 988 North Hill St. #201, Los Angeles. This dim sum brunch is open to interpreters, translators, trainers, advocates, employers, and anyone interested in efforts to overcome linguistic and cultural barriers in healthcare, schools, courts, and private industry.
Representatives from interpreter organizations and training programs at CSU Northridge, Mt. San Antonio College, and others will take up the microphone for a few minutes to report on their activities. Legal, Workers Comp, school district and Guild interpreters are all welcome. The $17 fee must be paid in advance. Please mail your RSVP and check made out to SCATIA by Tuesday, Dec 2. Send to SCATIA, PO Box 34310, Los Angeles, CA 90034. Questions can be directed to Beverly Treumann, (310) 825-8515.
CHIA ADDS VOICE TO TRANSLATORS CONFERENCE — Several
CHIA members and Board member Charles Legier, former Board member Katharine
Allen, and Executive Director Tom Riley took part last week in the 44th Annual
Conference of the American Translators Association in Phoenix. Allen, now a
consultant to CHIA on our language services assessment pilot, spoke to conferees
on the subject of the CHIA Standards. Her presentation was titled, An
Overview of the Professionalization of Healthcare Interpreting and the
Contribution of CHIA’s California Standards for Healthcare Interpreters. An
article about the CHIA standards was included in the conference proceedings as
well.
Medical interpreting was spotlighted at the ATA conference, which included a
“Day of Medicine” on November 7 dedicated to issues in healthcare interpreting.
Interest and attendance was high, as was interest in the CHIA Standards and
planned activities. Healthcare Interpreting is garnering more and more attention
nationally. Feedback from conference attendees showed CHIA is looked to as a
leader in the emergence of the profession.
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