Interpreter Training

24-25 February 2007

S Emerson, J Smith, and S LinderSusan Emerson (left) came to work as an interpreter for Annual Negotiations Meetings between the Finnish Association of the Deaf and Maryknoll Cambodia, but she arrived in Cambodia a week early on holiday. Here she is welcomed at lunch by Justin Smith and Stephanie Linder. Susan and Stephanie knew each other previously in Australia.

 


Sinoun, Vichet, and Susan Emerson
Susan Emerson has a lot of experience in interpreting and agreed to do two days of training for the DDP interpreters while she is here. A mini-workshop was set up for Saturday and Sunday at the DDP office.

 


The DDP interpreters on break


During a break, the DDP intepreters discuss some of what they have heard while Phirom makes notes on the board. DDP now has a staff interpreter and five job training interpreters.

 


Day 2

 


Susan Emerson and DDP interpreters


Susan explained various scenarios that arise in sign language interpreting and gave many examples from her own experience. It was good for the DDP interpreters to hear of her real-life situations. Sem Von (white shirt) was a spoken English to spoken Khmer interpreter for Susan.

 


Day 2 of the training


Susan kept the group's attention by involving them in various activities during the two days. The DDP interpreters have good basic skills but lack experience so it was good for them to hear of Susan's interpreting situations.

 


Susan Emerson

Currently Susan is interpreting in Kosovo with Colin Allen, a deaf man who worked at the Deaf Development Programme for several years before transferring to the Finnish Association of the Deaf's Albania project. Now that the interpreting workshop is finished, Susan begins interpreting for DDP's two deaf advisors in the Annual Negotiations Meetings between Maryknoll and the Finnish Association of the Deaf.


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