ABSTRACT: Assessing sign language interpreters in the UK: Different paths up the mountain
As with all countries, the UK’s current system for assessing interpreters has been influenced by legacy assessment systems and other national initiatives. The presentation with give a brief history of how we arrived at the current assessment. And then look at the use of the National Occupational Standards for interpreters and their role in the assessment, qualification, and registration of interpreters.There will be a discussions of the university route and the portfolio route to gaining full professional status as a registered interpreter in the UK.