Translation/Interpreting

CAROLINA GROOSCORS-ARNOLD, CMI-Spanish

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SPANISH INTERPRETER/TRANSLATOR/TRAINER

INTERPRETER EXPERIENCE: English to Spanish. Simultaneous and consecutive interpretation in a variety of settings including conferences, human service agencies, hospitals, neighborhood health centers, clinics, public forums and training/educational workshops. Past projects include: ”Family Ties” a conference for caregivers and families of children with disabilities at Boston’s World Trade Center, MDS Associates – Health and Human Services Consulting Firm in Virginia, WA: 3-day Community Meeting to evaluate Public Housing Primary Care Programs, Senior Interpreter in charge of coordinating and supervising Peace Corps members’ participation in Medical Mission trips to Dominican Republic through the University of Southern Maine.

TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE: English to Spanish/Spanish to English. Independent contractor from 1990 to present. Primary area of expertise: medical. Clients include: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Mount Auburn Hospital, The Cambridge Health Alliance, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Lawrence Hospital, Somerville Hospital, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, Whidden Memorial Hospital, Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, Lowell General Hospital, Barton Memorial Hospital Lake Tahoe, CA. Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, Sonoma Valley Hospital, Sonoma, CA.

Other areas of experience include education, nutrition, psychology and legal fields. Clients include: The New York Times, Claremont University, CA., FCD Educational Services, Wordstream, Inc., Reuters News Service, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Westin Verasa: Associates Manual, Napa CA, Universalist Unitarian Church, Mass. Attorney General’s Office, MA and San Francisco Chronicle. Mayor projects: Real time translation of 2000 Olympic events headlines, Thom Child & Family Services Brochure.

Publications: English to Spanish: The 5 Keys to Wellness by Kelly Mather: Introducing children to wellness, health and healing (editing), Understanding Student Discipline in California Schools:

A parent’s guide to general and special education discipline by Dora J. Dome (editing).

Spanish to English: The New York Times, Chavez and Trump: Two symbols of televised political discourse (translation). Spain: Left hanging without the expected political regeneration (translation) and Venezuela: Social mobilization opens the way to a presidential referendum (translation).

TRANSCRIPTION EXPERIENCE: ACS (Administrative Claim Service) – 2010-2014

Transcription and Translation of Spanish to English/English to Spanish documents -

TRAINING/TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

The Role of the Medical Interpreter in Health Care Settings (SOC 415)

Cambridge College, Cambridge, MA Spring 2015

Spanish for Medical Students:

Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 2001-2012

Boston University School of Medicine Immersion Program, Antigua, Guatemala

CAROLINA GROOSCORS-ARNOLD

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Medical Interpreting Training Programs:

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA

Queens Health Network, Queens, NY

Department of Public Health, AHEC, Boston, MA

CultureSmart, Quincy, MA 2000 - 2009

Spanish for Health Care Professionals:

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA

Franciscan Children’s Hospital, Brighton, MA

Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA

CONSULTANT:

Language Assessment Evaluations at Cambridge College, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Culturesmart, Children’s Hospital Boston, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

2012 National Board of Certification-Washington, D.C.

Certified Medical Interpreter

2009 MassAHEC Network, Boston, MA

Language Coach Certificate

2006 UMass Boston, Boston, MA.

Certificate in Advanced Translation

1997 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA.

Advanced Medical Interpreter Training Certificate

1992 Hospital Program for Community Based Childhood Education. Cambridge, MA

BACE Certificate: Bicultural Childbirth Education, Breast Feeding Management

1988 Berlitz School of Languages, Wellesley, MA

Spanish Instructor Certificate

1985 Emerson College, Boston, MA

B.A. Theatre/Psychology

Affiliations:

MMIA – Massachusetts Medical Interpreting Association

NETA – New England Translators Association

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