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CPD Training for Interpreters and other Language Service Professionals

COVID-19 update: We are fully aware of the risks that this continues to pose to many, however as you know the Government has now removed all restrictions. As such, we have returned to offering our training courses face to face or online, depending on which is most suitable for the teaching session/s being delivered. As always, we will continue to do our utmost to deliver any training in the best and safest way and this may mean offering an online alternative if a course cannot run. All details / changes will be posted on our website as courses are confirmed.

The following is a selection of the Professional CPD Courses that BSL Link for Communication Training can offer. For details on all our Current Courses please click here.

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I Was Only Joking!

From serious talk to play talk- strategies for interpreting workplace humour.

Date: Saturday 21st October 2023

Time: 10.00am to 1.00pm

Online: Presented via Zoom, with a maximum of 14 participants

Fee: £55.00

Presented By: Dr Jules Dickinson, delivered in spoken English.

Humour is a thread which runs through virtually all human interaction- visiting your GP, formal business consultations, and almost every situation in between- yet its importance is frequently underestimated. In the workplace, humour, along with small talk and swearing, is the glue that connects and maintains relationships. From greetings at the start of a shift through to banter in a team meeting, humour fulfils a variety of functions.

This workshop will focus on how humour and other elements of relational talk are used in the workplace, and why it is important to interpret these elements alongside business talk. Using a combination of taught sessions, pair work, and group exercises, it will develop your understanding of workplace interaction and create strategies for managing workplace talk.

Learning outcomes:

Gain a deeper understanding of the nature of workplace interaction.
Appreciate the importance of interpreting relational talk.
Develop strategies for interpreting humour, and relational talk in the workplace.

For further details and a registration form, please email training@bsl-link4comm.co.uk

Please book your place early, as numbers are limited.

Use of Roleshift when Interpreting

Dates: Autumn / Winter 2023 - Coming Soon!

Time: 09.30am to 1.30pm

Online: Presented via Zoom with a max of 12 participants

Fee: £55.00 inc VAT

Delivered By: Tessa Padden MA, in BSL

We are delighted that Tessa Padden has agreed to deliver this invaluable online training session for us (2 dates available).

In this four-hour workshop Tessa will be focusing on the application of roleshift when interpreting English to BSL and will also be highlighting why roleshift is integral to both interpreting and translation. The participants will take part in practical activities as well as being equipped with some useful strategies to ensure that roleshift can be embedded into translating/interpreting practice.

This course is open to all trainees and qualified interpreters/translators (both Deaf and hearing).

CPD - 4 Points. Certificates will be provided.

Tessa is a qualified Deaf Interpreter and Translator as well as a BSL Teacher Trainer and an experienced teacher of BSL and Linguistics at University level.

To register your interest for this training, please contact training@bsl-link4comm.co.uk

Hypothetically Speaking

Date: Saturday 23rd March 2024

Time: 9.30am to 5.00pm (Arrive 9am)

Venue: Action for Deafness, Haywards Heath. RH16 4EA

Fee: £120 (including VAT)

Presented in BSL: this training day will be led by Byron Campbell, an Interpreter with over 45 years’ experience in the field and Stewart Bailey, a Deaf, native BSL user and trainer.

There are many difficult concepts and abstract ideas that are difficult to translate into clear BSL.

The hypothetical 'if', Conditionals and interpreting statistical information can often cause us problems, for example; 8 out of 10 people will …., 1 in 3 people have …. How do we make sure this concept is clear to the Deaf user?

We will also look at interpreting comparisons, the concepts of ‘affect’ and ‘effect’, emphasis and the use of time lines. Participants are asked to bring along their own examples of phrases and concepts that they have struggled with in the past. These will be discussed amongst the group with a view to devising suitable strategies for making our interpretations more accurate and accessible.

CPD - 7 Points. Certificates will be provided.

To register your interest / book a place for this training, please email training@bsl-link4comm.co.uk

Exploring Unconscious Bias

Date: One Day Workshop - TBC

Time: 9.30am to 5.00pm (Arrive 9am)

Venue: West Sussex / TBC

Fee: In the region of £120 (including VAT) - the exact course fee will be confirmed when dates are published.

'Face to Face' Training: Having previously delivered this course online, (to allow for participants across the UK), both trainers are agreed that remote delivery is not preferred option for this training and does not allow for the best interaction between students. As such this training will take place in person, not online.

Delivered By: Darren Townsend-Handscomb in BSL.

This very interactive workshop explores:

Unconscious Bias (UB)
The concept and in the 'real world', critiques and alternatives.

Unconscious Bias and the Interpreter / Translator
How Unconscious Bias impacts on us as interpreters and translators.

Unconscious Bias and interpreting / translation
How Unconscious Bias impacts on our interpreting and translation.

What we can do to address Unconscious Bias

Darren Townsend-Handscomb will be one of two trainers delivering the taught sections, and facilitating the discussions. The workshop will be delivered mainly in BSL.

The day will conclude by looking at what we can do and next steps.

If you would like to register your interest in this training, please email training@bsl-link4comm.co.uk We would be delighted to put this into our CPD programme again, if we can have a viable number of participants.