The Trilingual Interpreter: Language – Identity & Practice (Pt. 1)

REGISTRATION:
To register, please email workshops@joyfulsigning.com

Workshop/Course Description:
The Trilingual Interpreter: Language, Identity & Practice is the first workshop in a comprehensive three-part series designed to provide language and forward-thinking frameworks for multilingual interpreting work. This session explores the intersections of language, culture, identity, and professional practice within trilingual interpreting. Participants will examine the influence of Latin American and Spanish-speaking cultures alongside American value systems, linguistic variation and register, cultural and sociolinguistic power, and the complexities of nuanced, non-literal communication. The workshop will also explore Deaf immigration and the American Deaf experience, including the ways family dynamics and perceptions can influence language acquisition and use. Through reflection and interactive scenarios, participants will practice navigating real-time register shifts while developing greater awareness of their own identities and experiences within the interpreting profession.

Live workshop will be held November 1, 2026 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET via Zoom.

Content Level:
Little/None

Target Audience:
Emerging and working interpreters; multilingual and multicultural professionals.

Educational Objectives:

1. Participants will analyze the influence of Latin American and Spanish-speaking countries alongside American value systems to better understand the broader context of multilingual interpreting.
2. Participants will develop strategies to identify and adapt to linguistic variation, register, differing contexts and expectations, and the distinct “triangles” present in trilingual work.
3. Participants will evaluate the influence of political and sociolinguistic power on nuanced, non-literal communication, including its gifts and challenges.
4. Participants will differentiate between Deaf immigration and the American Deaf experience, including the influence of family dynamics and perceptions on language acquisition and use.
5. Participants will apply language play and manage real-time register shifts through interactive scenario practice.
6. Participants will reflect on personal and professional experiences to define key terminology, strengthen self-awareness, and assess their own identity within the interpreting profession.

Instructor(s) Name(s):
Mónica Gallego & Letícia “Letty” Morán

Point of Contact:
Grace Cooney, workshops@joyfulsigning.com | (240)-585-0280

CEUs Awarded:
0.3 PPO CEUs at the Professional Studies level

**Participants must attend the full 3-hour live workshop to receive CEUs.
**RID/ACET Approved

RID Statement
Joyful Signing is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 0.3 CEUs at the Little/None Content Knowledge Level.

Language Access & Accessibility Policy
Joyful Signing LLC is committed to providing equitable access to learning for all participants. All educational programming is designed to be linguistically accessible and inclusive.

Primary language of instruction and facilitation will be American Sign Language (ASL).

Participants who require other communication access services to participate fully may request reasonable accommodations during registration. Accommodation requests should be submitted to workshops@joyfulsigning.com at least 10 business days prior to the start of the program to ensure timely coordination.

Joyful Signing LLC will make reasonable efforts to meet all access requests and will confirm accommodations prior to the event. Requests received after the stated deadline will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and fulfilled when feasible.

Joyful Signing LLC does not discriminate on the basis of disability, language preference, or communication modality and is committed to providing a respectful, inclusive learning environment.

CEU Requirements:
Participants must attend the full workshop and complete all required attendance verification procedures to receive RID CEUs. Partial credit will not be awarded.

Cancellation/Refund Policy
Not eligible for refunds upon cancellation.