Preparation of Individuals Who Are Visually Impaired for Employment as Spanish Interpreters

Autor/inn/en	Kapperman, Gaylen; Pasley, Molly; Garcia, Marian
Titel	Preparation of Individuals Who Are Visually Impaired for Employment as Spanish Interpreters
Quelle	In: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 117 (2023) 3, S.246-250 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-482X
DOI	10.1177/0145482X231184467
Schlagwörter	Visual Impairments; Unemployment; Employment Qualifications; Spanish; Professional Personnel; Job Training; Secondary Education; Assistive Technology; Postsecondary Education; Certification + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Spanisch; Personalbestand; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Sekundarbereich; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung
Abstract	This article proposes a solution to the unemployment rate of individuals with visual impairments: training Spanish speakers who are visually impaired to become Spanish interpreters. Interpreting was selected as a viable pathway to employment because it requires the professional to work with the spoken word. It presents fewer accessibility barriers than translating, which requires the professional to work with written documents that may not be in an accessible format (e.g., images, inaccessible file types). The authors believe that with proper advisement and subsequent training, fluent Spanish-speaking students who are visually impaired could find employment in the field of interpretation either in the court system or in the medical field. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01