January 14, 2025

Spanish Medical Interpreting Certificate

Triton College will be offering its Spanish Medical Interpreting Certificate this spring. Spanish medical interpreters provide meaningful, accurate and complete transmission of messages between health providers and patients.

To earn this certificate, students must be fluent in both Spanish and English, and complete Spanish Medical Interpreting I and Spanish Medical Interpreting II.

Spanish Medical Interpreting I – General interpretation for medical settings/terminology to provide a language specific introduction to general interpretation, NCHIC national standards, techniques and triadic interpreting encounters practice from Spanish to English and English to Spanish.

Spanish Medical Interpreting II – General interpretation for medical settings/terminology to provide guidelines, techniques and practice using Spanish to English and English to Spanish interpretations.

To register or for more information, please contact the School of Continuing Education at (708) 456-0300, Ext. 3500, or email askCE@triton.edu.