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I respectfully disagree. I used to teach in an interpreter education program, my partner was an interpreter educator/trainer who's been in the field 20+ years, and we both have deep grounding in the field of interpreter education. Yes, there are still trainers who tell the interpreters they are the authority in the room. Yes, there are still faculty who tell their students that deaf people are ignorant and are passive consumers. See our latest publication out on epistemic violence in SL interpreting for more on this. I'd also suggest reading Abled Arrogance and A Violent History of Benevolence. As for the comment about courtroom interpreting- that isn't how good interpreting should work. Achieving accuracy and understanding requires a high level of fluency and communicative competence, which is why we have CDIs.

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