Sign interpreter certification standards rising</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Sign interpreter certification standards rising"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Sign,interpreter,certification,standards,rising"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">02-06-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Sign interpreter certification standards rising</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Indiana, USA (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette): Not only do state-certified deaf interpreters have to pass national skills tests, they must also pass two continuing education units per year for five years. By 2010, a bachelor’s degree or higher will be required for certification. <br>While the skills test and continuing education requirements seem worthy, the bachelor’s degree rule seems arbitrary from the standpoint that the regulations do not demand a particular field of study. Somone with an associate’s degree in nursing wouldn’t be eligible to be certified, but someone with a bachelor’s in aeronautical engineering would. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/editorial/11787088.htm " target="blank">www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/editorial/11787088.htm </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show