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Post by shmeep on Jan 21, 2006 11:38:51 GMT -5
I know this won't mean much to most of you, but I'm excited about it so I want to share it with you because this board has always been so supportive of me.
I finally got RID certification! I'm officially a nationally certified interpreter. I got the letter yesterday. It took a while before the jumping up and down subsided.
In California, I had the equivalent of RID (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) certification. I had passed the Educational Interpreters Performance Assessment (EIPA) several years ago. It's a well-respected test and passes for certification in many states so I never bothered to do the RID tests because it wouldn't have made any difference in my pay. Here, however, it does make a difference. I took the two RID tests in April and in June and I only just got the first results. Even with just one test in, I am considered certified so this is very big for me. I have far more opportunities now and will be getting a sizable raise. I'll get another raise when I get the rest of my results.
Yay! Okay. I feel better, having shared. Carry on.
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Post by housemouse on Jan 21, 2006 11:41:24 GMT -5
Congratulations Shmeep! That is just wonderful!
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Post by bjobsessed on Jan 21, 2006 11:50:00 GMT -5
That's great! I'm really happy for you. It means a lot that you wanted to share it with us.  ;D ;D |
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Post by Duchess of Lashes on Jan 21, 2006 11:53:16 GMT -5
Awesome news and I am so happy for you! It's been such a long time coming and you definitely deserve all the rewards this will bring! Congratulations!
LongLashes
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Post by anna on Jan 21, 2006 12:12:23 GMT -5
Congratulations! What do the tests comprise?
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Post by shmeep on Jan 21, 2006 12:27:42 GMT -5
Thanks, Anna and everyone else! Congratulations! What do the tests comprise? This will be very boring, but thanks for asking! First I had to take a written test, which I did about three years ago. It was very long and difficult because i hadn't been in my ITP (interpreter training program) for several years when I took it, so all the ethical questions an the technical questions requiring very technical terminology were not fresh in my mind. I got through that, and then I did the two performance tests. These are divided into two parts for two different kinds of certification. There's the CT (certificate of transliteration) and the CI (certificate of interpretation). I just passed the CT and am waiting for the CI. Each of these tests is videotaped and shows me doing both signed and voiced interpretation from a standard test on video. First, I sign a spoken presentation, then I voice a signed presentation, then I sign and voice in an interactive part. The CT part involves me transliterating, which means that I mouth the English words and sign in English order and that I voice for Deaf consumers who are more "English" in their approach. In the CI, I interpret, which means I take the English concepts and translate them into ASL, doing proper ASL facial grammar, and that I voice for Deaf consumers who do not sign in English order. After the tests, my videotapes get sent to three different graders. Two of them have to determine that I've passed with 75% accuracy or above in order to receive my certification. I had a feeling I'd pass because 75% accuracy on the RID is the equivalent of a 3.5 on the EIPA and I had a 4.4 on the EIPA four years ago so I knew I had a pretty good shot. Still, actually seeing the paper was really exciting! They just changed the whole process so it is now all lumped into one test, which is why I hurried in to take the old tests. It's also why the whole thing took so damn long. There aren't many people left to grade the old CI/CT tests and those people are now bombarded with interpreters like me who rushed out to take the old tests. I'm still glad I did it, though, because it's taking a while for the new tests to be up and running and I really just wanted to get it over with. Thank you so much for asking! |
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Post by bjobsessed on Jan 21, 2006 12:31:26 GMT -5
I didn't think it was boring at all. It sounds interesting, but complicated.
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Post by doobrah on Jan 21, 2006 12:34:56 GMT -5
Very interesting. Congrats!
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Post by Eyphur on Jan 21, 2006 14:26:27 GMT -5
Way to Go! Congratulations!
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Post by Katryna on Jan 21, 2006 14:33:11 GMT -5
Great news! Good for you!
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Post by rducasey on Jan 21, 2006 16:42:33 GMT -5
Great news Shmeep. Congratulations to you. You must be so thrilled.
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Post by hoosier on Jan 21, 2006 17:03:50 GMT -5
I'm so happy for you. All your hard work and effort paid off! |
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Post by maggiethecat on Jan 21, 2006 17:17:54 GMT -5
WOW!!! Nice to know that years of hard work and study pay off! ;D
CONGRATULATIONS, and let me say as well, thank you so much for sharing the good -- no, GREAT -- news with us!!!!!!!!
Mags
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Post by awlrite4now on Jan 21, 2006 18:08:43 GMT -5
Most excellent news! That's the way I felt when I got the result on my CKD exam (Certified Kitchen Designer). I'm still slogging through my braille correspondence course, and when I get certified, I will know exactly how happy you are now! Congrats!
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Post by mlm828 on Jan 21, 2006 22:53:53 GMT -5
Congratulations, shmeep! Well done!
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;D 
