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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...
Janis Palma, PhD, MLS, USCCI
Feb 15, 20244 min read
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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...
Janis Palma, PhD, MLS, USCCI
Apr 27, 20233 min read
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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...
Janis Palma, PhD, MLS, USCCI
Apr 19, 20223 min read
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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...
Janis Palma, PhD, MLS, USCCI
Apr 19, 20224 min read
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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...
Janis Palma, PhD, MLS, USCCI
Apr 19, 20224 min read
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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...
Janis Palma, PhD, MLS, USCCI
Apr 19, 20223 min read
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Learning by Osmosis
I was joking with some colleagues about having parents who were physicians and, therefore, how these friends had learned medicine by...
Janis Palma, PhD, MLS, USCCI
Apr 17, 20223 min read
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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...
Janis Palma, PhD, MLS, USCCI
Apr 17, 20224 min read
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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...
Janis Palma, PhD, MLS, USCCI
Apr 17, 20223 min read
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