Post by housemouse on Jan 22, 2006 12:47:39 GMT -5
admin said:
Thanks, Anna and everyone else!anna said:
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!
Not boring, very interesting. It sounds like a tremendous amount of work. Congratulations again!!!
