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Professional Basics, Medical, Community & Specialty Courses
Professional Medical Interpreting 40-hour + Courses at 1 World Translation - delayed, options now, hiring Instructors!
1 World Translation has had part of our Education Department under "construction" for a while: our apologies! The 40+ hour courses are on hold until early 2026.
PLEASE SEE THE INTERIM OFFERINGS BELOW IN THE SPECIALTY/INTRODUCTION COURSES BELOW. NO ONE ELSE OFFERS THIS.
If the candidate is approved, the course cost is negligible: cost-ony.
Unfortunately, we finally found qualified and accepted , licensed TCI & BTG instructors, they were not able to serve as expected due to unforeseen circumstances.
We will not give up! We have very positive and proven experience, the vision, and heart to do this right and offer it at an affordable price. After all, we are in this business not to be rich, but to enrich both the industry and linguists with top-notch education. It is not acceptable to have someone have students read from a book in class each day with little else to offer.
We are interviewing again for The Community Interpreter instructors and Bridging the Gap instructors and will present their curriculum vitae once this is decided. Stay tuned!
Meanwhilee, we have a quality BTG/Bridgimg the Gap instructor to suggest to you. Please write to us Education@oneworldtranslation.com and we ecann share that information plus a $50 off coupon. We are reaching out to the TCI/The Community Interpreter instructor to see if she is able and ready to set class dates.
Old content: but will keep as this is still our basic plan: We plan to start with a Tuesday/Thursday or a Monday/Wednesday evening and a Saturday afternoon schedule: 10 hours a week. We always allow for a few free days to prepare for the final exam.
We pushed the course start date back so that more people will have the opportunity to take part. We will require payment in full before the course starts. It will be $525 for Bridging the Gap® (BTG). If it is the TCI course: there will be a small extra fee for the books: there are more and they are more expensive. All books are included in these unheard-of low prices. You will soon be able to pay your deposit of $225 online or by contacting us through email accounting@oneworldtranslation.com
Each course has it's unique strengths. 1WT plans to offer short, focused courses in 2026 from it's resources of experienced, and devoted instructors to specifically augment the content weak in each of these courses.
The goal: everyday working excellence! Confidence. Passing a national exam without taking an additional exam prep course. We are expert educators.
*Just because we offer low prices doesn't mean you get a lower quality instructor: quite the opposite. We are in this industry for non-monetary reasons: we are doing the right thing for the right reasons. So: our instructors are top educators, with top credentials and backgrounds.
"The course was extremely beneficial and productive. The instruction was quite valuable and provided me with a solid foundation in the fundamentals of interpreting. It was a pleasure to learn with Carolina, and I appreciated the opportunity to communicate with my classmates via drills in the class." Sukyung Na- October 2021
“I am very impressed with this short but valuable course! The information provided is very helpful and important. I'm glad I decided to become certified through 1 World Translation. I highly recommend it!”
Keila Pina- October 2021
“Carolina’s constructive feedback and advice during each lesson helped me understand the subject, and I now feel I have the confidence to work as a professional medical interpreter. I had the pleasure of meeting great people and learned about their experiences during the course. Thank you for answering my questions so quickly, and for making this course so enjoyable.”
Veronica Perez - October 2021
Update: Specialty Courses coming in 2025-2026
- Candidates may qualify for the essential 6-hour Interpreting Basics 100 course. First, you must apply to work with 1 World Translation and Associates (please send your resume to recruit@oneworldtranslation.com) Outsiders may be considered in the future, at a much higher cost.
- We will soon offer a special course; Community Crisis work: How to Survive and Thrive (both the Interpreter and our client) aimed to assist interpreters to help the public in stressful situations so they may be assigned to a new contract we have working with Human Services, the Police, Sheriffs and similar. It is being created!
- In Spring of 2026, we may have the 20 hour Medical Systems & Terminology 200 course to enhance medical expertise for not much more investment.
- The focused Pharmacology for Interpreters course goes along nicely with this module. Want to take the NBCMI? This is for you! Taught by an RN of many years.
- The Behavioral Health 28-hr option: offers behavioral health basics-common diagnoses, treatments, guidelines for specific management techniques by the interpreter with interactive exercises. This positions the interpreter to work with all patients. Taught by RN Psychiatric specialist and PhD. Clinical Psychologist also at an affordable cost.
- Changes and Challenges through the lifespan: and interpreting in session work. Find out why it matters. Taught by experts you can trust to make you requested and sought out.
- Additional glossaries in many languages are offered for the medical interpreter courses and mental health glossaries are available.
The Community Interpreter®
The Community Interpreter® (TCI) course addresses working in community settings such as health and human services, schools and an introduction to the legal system.
1WT expects to be offering The Community Interpreter course soon.
We are looking at alternating it with the Bridging the Gap course by looking at student and industry demand/request and pending license approval.
While there are a variety of courses that can be taken: International, Medical and Community based versions, the medical is the most in-demand, while still being able to benefit from this broad-based program.
The courses offer the linguists the basics of the proper techniques to proper interpreting (it's not what you've been doing to help your family and friends). They dig deeper into school and community interpreting. You will present as a true professional in offering your services to schools, and many community-based organizations.
TCI helps students with simultaneous interpreting just as it delves more into the introduction into legal interpreting: which is different than BTG. So, it helps with starting and learning about the skills in simultaneous and legal interpreting. Yet, both of these areas require much more practice and experience. The headquarters of TCI is from the nationally licensed Cross Cultural Communications in Baltimore.
- Course fee: $525. The books are expensive, so may require a slight extra fee, although there are extra books than BTG.
- The comprehensive 40-hour certificate training program, geared for educational, social services or general community interpreting meets the prerequisite for the two national medical interpreting certification courses: NBCMI & CCHI. BTG does also.
- We are happy to bring this course back so we can offer additional education in a different way: a la carte: with add-ons for extra, customized Medical and Pharmacology focus, Behavioral Health, Workers Comp, more in-depth Legal, Translation and Simultaneous skill development as the student requires and desires. It also allows for more flexible scheduling around family, work and other personal needs. 1 World understands your needs all around.