Mentoring for Interpreters | BSL Interpretations

Mentoring for Interpreters and Translators

Mentoring offers a supportive space to reflect on your practice, build your confidence, and work on the areas you’d like to develop. Whether you're newly qualified, returning to practice, or looking to refine particular skills, regular mentoring can help you move forward with more clarity and direction.

Sessions are shaped around your needs and usually include a mix of structured discussion, skills-based tasks, and practical strategies. We’ll focus on the areas that matter to you – from

For each hour of mentoring, you're eligible to claim 1 Structured CPD point, with additional unstructured points for any work you do between sessions.

Common mentoring themes include:

Developing theoretical knowledge
Improving BSL production or voice-over skills
Managing time lag and processing
Improving translation accuracy and self-reflection
Interpreting for meaning.
Preparing for assessments or career changes

You’ll also get access to the Development Hub, a private

area of the website with extra resources, including downloadable

handouts, CPD worksheets, example clips, and recorded webinars

to support your ongoing learning, which can be claimed as

unstructured CPD too.

Cost: Your first 30-minute consultation is free. Full sessions are £80.

from interpreting decisions and theoretical understanding to language production, co-working, or anything else that’s relevant to your work.

You’ll receive clear session notes after each session which you can use as CPD evidence or to help you track your progress over time. Sessions are held remotely via Zoom and last around 90 minutes. For each hour of mentoring, you're eligible to claim 1 Structured CPD point, with additional unstructured points for any work you do between sessions.