Workshops
Heritage Presbyterian Church hosted its eighth church interpreters workshop on Saturday, October 27, 2007.
Registration began at 8:30 AM, with the workshop beginning at 9:00 AM. It concluded at 4:00 P.M. with a one hour lunch break. Approximately 20 interpreters from around the region attended this workshop.
This year’s workshop leader was Frances J. Beaurivage. Frances has been in the field of interpreting for over twenty years and has been the primary interpreter for Heritage Presbyterian Church for the last five years. Frances is employed by Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, as their Sign Communication and Curriculum Specialist and is the Manager of the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) Diagnostic Center. She also travels nationally to present to audiences information about the EIPA Performance Assessment and provides skills training workshops for interpreters working in K-12 educational settings.
Frances holds dual certification (C.I. / C.T.) from the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID).
The workshop was open to intermediate and advanced interpreters that had a desire to improve their ability to analyze religious text and deliver an interpretation in ASL that conveys the author’s/speaker’s intended meaning. Religious interpreting is challenging and requires proper preparation to be successful. Individuals had the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities designed to enhance his/her ability to deliver a more effective interpretation.
The objective interpreter must seek to discover the author’s intended meaning, meaning is determined by the author; it is to be discovered by the reader/listener. One must understand the context and importance of historical considerations when interpreting biblical text. Our workshops are designed with this in mind. Check back often to see when the next interpreter's workshop will be held. The are usually scheduled in the fall.
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