Rule 51

When a hearing person says “if you will not volunteer to interpret, you will leave this client without an interpreter,” the proper answer is:

No. You will.

I’m not refusing to interpret. I am ready, willing and able to interpret, but you are not willing to hire me.

The moment you are ready to pay for my services, I will provide them.

Author: uncledalesrules

These blogs (I have two) began as a series of sayings I use to teach interpreting workshops, and political diatribes on Facebook. They moved from Facebook to this blog site: 1. as a way to remove them from my head (cuts down on the noise in there); and, 2. to give a better home to both my "less serious and satire laden posts" and my "more serious and satire laden posts." I guess it's up to you to decide which is which. View all posts by uncledalesrules

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I appreciate your rules and enjoy reading them. When will the book be out and do you need help organizing the rules into a format that you can work with? If so, I’ll be glad to assist for a couple of books when they’re published.

Do you have a rule about cultural appropriation?

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