Interpreters and Translators

<ul><li>Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.</li><li>Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.</li><li>Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.</li><li>Read written materials, such as legal documents, scientific works, or news reports, and rewrite material into specified languages.</li><li>Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.</li><li>Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors.</li><li>Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions.</li><li>Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.</li><li>Train and supervise other translators or interpreters.</li><li>Compile information on content and context of information to be translated and on intended audience.</li><li>Educate students, parents, staff, and teachers about the roles and functions of educational interpreters.</li></ul>