Jennifer Flamboe, MA

World Languages and Medical Interpretation

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• 健康care/Medical interpreting
• Translation and interpreting
• Latino cultures
• Latino community resources

Habla español

BIOGRAPHY

Jennifer Flamboe is an associate professor of World Languages at vnsr威尼斯城官网登入 College, where she has taught since 2007. She also serves as the director of the Spanish/English Interpretation program and the Spanish Language and Cultures program at the college, and is involved in vnsr威尼斯城官网登入’s Hispanic Serving Institution committee. She teaches several courses including cultural competence in healthcare, advanced interpreting practice, ethics in healthcare interpretation, written translation skills 为 healthcare interpreters, Spanish language, advanced Spanish grammar, healthcare interpreter internship and general internship seminars, and has led short-term study abroad trips to Ecuador. Prior to coming to vnsr威尼斯城官网登入, Flamboe worked as an English teacher in Ecuador, working with school-aged students as well as adults, and she coordinated an outreach initiative in early literacy within the Latino community 为 the Milwaukee Public 图书馆.

In addition to teaching at vnsr威尼斯城官网登入, Flamboe is a nationally certified healthcare interpreter. She also owns and operates Equalingua LLC which offers English/Spanish translation, interpreting, language instruction and consulting. Some of the projects she has worked on include translating birth, marriage and divorce certificates, research protocols, transcribing and subtitling audio recordings, interpreting 为 medical and worker's compensation appointments and education meetings, and presenting insurance and benefits in为mation 为 Spanish-speaking audiences. She also serves as a translation specialist at Children’s Wisconsin, where she coordinates written translation projects 为 the entire Children’s Hospital and 健康 System (CHHS). In the past Flamboe worked as an interpreter 为 Columbia Center, Wheaton Franciscan 健康care, Aurora 健康care and Pro健康 Care interpreting 为 patients and their families in a number of inpatient and outpatient situations.

Flamboe earned her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from the University of Wisconsin, and her Master of Arts in Foreign Language and Literature from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. She also holds numerous certificates, including Spanish Medical Interpreter and Spanish Proficiency. She is a member of the Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers, the International Medical Interpreters Association, the National Council on Interpreting in 健康care, the Midwest Association of Interpreters and Translators, The Wisconsin Interpreter and Translator Association, and the American Translator’s Association.

Interviews

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