If you’re fluent in English and Spanish, you already have a valuable skill. This certificate trains you to use it professionally, interpreting spoken conversations and translating written documents accurately in health care, legal, education and community settings.
What you’ll learn
- Consecutive, simultaneous and sight interpretation
- Medical terminology and health care interpreting
- Legal and court interpreting fundamentals
- Written translation and translation technology
- Ethics, confidentiality and cultural mediation
Why Palmetto Ridge
The full program runs online through RidgeLearn, with live practice sessions in small groups so you get real-time feedback on your interpreting. You’ll complete a supervised practicum with Lowcountry Regional Medical Center’s language services team or a community organization. Instructor Alejandra is a nationally certified medical interpreter, and instructor Fernando has worked as a court interpreter for more than a decade. The program prepares you to pursue national medical interpreter certification. Students who need to strengthen their skills first can take advanced Spanish courses within our Associate in Arts.
Careers & next steps
- Medical Interpreter
- Community Interpreter
- Translator
- Bilingual Patient Advocate
- Court Interpreter (with added certification)
Ready to start?
Applying is free. An advisor will help you map every class from day one to graduation.