Blog | Ikigai

When we advocate for interpreters, are we not also advocating for the LEP population?

I have been turning this question around in my head for a while, since someone raised the question in a social media exchange: am I...

The Power of the Inflected Voice

We hardly pay attention to the way in which we say things, but we certainly know intuitively that we should raise our volume when we want...

Are you giving everything you’ve got?

We can’t ask for more than we’re willing to give. This is a maxim for everything we do in life. A common outcry I hear more and more...

Team Interpreting is a Matter of Due Process

“Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits recipients of federal financial assistance from discriminating based on national...

The “Invisible” Interpreter

My master’s thesis was on the “invisible” women who cut sugar cane for a living in Puerto Rico during the 19th and 20th centuries. They...

The Robot Interpreter

I recently heard a fellow interpreter on the witness stand for the first time. Of course, I was curious, and as I heard the first...

Learning by Osmosis

I was joking with some colleagues about having parents who were physicians and, therefore, how these friends had learned medicine by...

Releasing the fear of competition

Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean. – Ryunosuke Satoro Sometimes we may find ourselves wondering: Is that other...

Conferences are a true professional’s wonderland

I just attended the Arizona Translators and Interpreters (ATI) conference last weekend and am about to attend the Texas Judiciary...