Welcome to this CPD Online learning module, Working Through Interpreters. We hope that you find it an interesting and rewarding learning experience.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, we hope that you will gain an understanding of:

• the linguistic issues involved in interpreter-mediated interviews;

• the difference between translation and interpretation;

• common errors in the interpreting process;

• the particular status of bilingual persons; 

• the issues arising from psychiatric interviewing and psychotherapy conducted in a person's second language

• the interpretation problems peculiar to psychiatry and the effect of using unqualified interpreters;

• the pitfalls of using a patient’s relatives or friends as interpreters and why this is to be avoided;

• how to begin practical working in interpreter-mediated situations.

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