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Originally Posted by Ariakkas
um, no. perhaps you should re-read whats going on.
if i hire you out of the blue without knowing anything about you, then yes...i am stupid. the point i was making, is saying that a certification is nessecary simply because people who hire and use interpreters are too lazy or yes...stupid, to evaluate the skills of the person they are hiring...is ridiculous.
background info, previous work expierence etc, are all other avenues a person can persue to gauge wether an interpreter is qualified or not.
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Actually, I think YOU are the one who's misunderstanding. At no time did I say a certification is necessary because people DON'T KNOW about interpreters. I merely said that it is the most common benchmark because people don't know. Of course it's not necessary, but because it makes things easier for hearing clients (remember, they're the ones paying), it's a good idea to get certified because it will open up your job opportunities. If you don't want to do that, by all means avoid certification if you like. But if you want the extra jobs that will be open to you, get certified.
I really object to what you said about people being too stupid or too lazy. It's not that at all. It's like saying, I know nothing about how mental health professionals are qualified, therefore I'm going to pick somebody with some credentials so I know they aren't just a quack. If the prospective client DOESN'T KNOW what the qualifications are for the service they are using, then of COURSE they depend on the letters after their names.
If you want to go see a doctor who is not board-certified, that's fine with me. Personally I will stick to doctors who have been evaluated by a group who knows what the difference is between a good doctor and a bad one.