Trilingual Committee Reports

Arlene Narva´ez, CI, CT, Co-Chairperson

SCRID Trilingual interpreters is a committee of the Southern California registry of interpreters for the deaf. We are concerned with the unique issues related to interpreting between English, American sign language, and a third spoken language. The purpose of this group is to share resources on local, regional, and national levels, provide access to information, and give support and encouragement to one another.

Our committee meets once every two months, on a Friday from 10 AM to 12 noon. Meeting location and dates are confirmed via e-mail newsgroup. You do not have to be a trilingual interpreter in order to participate. Everyone is welcome.

TriLinqual CoChairs Step Down, Stakeholder Meeting

Reports - Trilingual

Joseph Calderon

Jan 13 |23:24

Joseph Calderon has stepped forward with intention to become the Trilingual Committee Chairperson. Arlene has begun to forward information to get Joseph up to speed and will be handing over the SCRIDTriTerp yahoo group, so he can moderate. Both Arlene and Gilberto will be available to answer any questions Joseph may have.

We have been in communication with Pauline Annarino, Director, Western Region Interpreter Education Center (WRIEC), and others involved about holding a stakeholder meeting. This was originally planned for January and has been postponed due to conflicting schedules. This meeting hopes to bring trilingual leaders from Region V together, so scheduling has become an issue. Gilberto and Arlene were invited to play an active role in the meeting but were not invited to represent SCRID. This event is a WRIEC event.

A student from Oregon has been in contact with Arlene and Gilberto about a possible trilingual mentorship. However, as of yet, there are none in the area. We are hoping to be creative and reach out to some community resources to see if we can build on this.