Register: The Effects on Message Accuracy

Alonna Watson, CI, CT, SC:L, CoreCHI, OCHI is an ASL interpreter who has been nationally certified for 33 years by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. She holds national certification in interpreting and transliterating as well as the Special Certification in Legal Interpreting. She also holds her CoreCHI through the Certification Commission of Healthcare Interpreters. Alonna attended the National Technical Institute of the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY from 1985-1987. Alonna has been teaching sign language interpreters for the past 26 years in Cognitive processing, interpreting registers, depiction, discourse, and both medical and legal interpreting. She hosts train-the-trainer sessions as well. Her passion is sharing what she knows about the field she loves with others. Ms. Watson is currently the Director of Business Development for NIS, the National Interpreting Service Interpreting Service based in Portland, OR, and has taught the 60-hour training for healthcare interpreting through OHCIA.