CDI CDI Team Interpreting and Collaboration 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In CDI team interpreting, what does 'feeding' refer to?
- Providing food and water to interpreters during long assignments
- The support interpreter supplying missed or corrected information to the active interpreter (Correct answer)
- Relaying spoken English from the hearing party to the CDI
- Providing visual cues to the Deaf consumer about speaker changes
Correct answer: The support interpreter supplying missed or corrected information to the active interpreter
Feeding refers to the support interpreter quietly supplying vocabulary, corrections, or missed content to the active interpreter during a session.
Question 2: When a CDI and hearing interpreter have a significant style disagreement mid-assignment, the best approach is to:
- Argue the issue openly to model conflict resolution for the Deaf consumer
- Address it privately during a break without disrupting the assignment (Correct answer)
- Ask the client to mediate the disagreement
- Have each interpreter proceed independently using their preferred style
Correct answer: Address it privately during a break without disrupting the assignment
Professional disagreements should be resolved privately during a natural break to maintain the integrity and continuity of the interpreting assignment.
Question 3: Which signal is commonly used by team interpreters to indicate readiness to switch active roles?
- Tapping the active interpreter's foot
- A pre-agreed visual or tactile cue developed during the pre-session briefing (Correct answer)
- Raising a hand to alert the client
- Sending a text message to the active interpreter's phone
Correct answer: A pre-agreed visual or tactile cue developed during the pre-session briefing
Teams develop pre-agreed, unobtrusive visual or tactile cues during their pre-session briefing to signal role transitions smoothly.
Question 4: After a complex team interpreting assignment, the CDI and hearing interpreter should:
- Submit separate invoices and avoid discussing the session due to confidentiality
- Conduct a post-assignment debrief to discuss what worked well and areas for improvement (Correct answer)
- Ask the client for a performance review
- File a joint incident report with RID
Correct answer: Conduct a post-assignment debrief to discuss what worked well and areas for improvement
A post-assignment debrief allows team members to reflect on their performance, reinforce effective strategies, and identify improvements for future assignments.
Question 5: A CDI working with a hearing interpreter notices the hearing interpreter is showing signs of fatigue before the scheduled switch. The CDI should:
- Ignore it to avoid implying the hearing interpreter is less capable
- Offer to switch early to maintain quality and support the team (Correct answer)
- Alert the client that interpretation quality may decline
- Ask the event organizer to end the session early
Correct answer: Offer to switch early to maintain quality and support the team
Proactively offering to switch roles maintains interpretation quality and supports the team's collective performance without judgment.
Question 6: When a CDI and hearing interpreter are booked as a team, who typically coordinates communication with the client or agency before the assignment?
- The hearing interpreter, since they can communicate in spoken English
- Either interpreter, as agreed upon during pre-assignment coordination (Correct answer)
- A third-party interpreter coordinator exclusively
- The CDI, since they are the senior professional in Deaf-related settings
Correct answer: Either interpreter, as agreed upon during pre-assignment coordination
Client communication responsibility is typically agreed upon during pre-assignment coordination and may vary based on team dynamics and context.
CDI CDI Team Interpreting and Collaboration 2
In CDI team interpreting, what does 'feeding' refer to?