Choose an option for the ethical dilemma in order to continue

Resettlement Agency: Housing

Difficulty
Beginner
Domain
Social Services
Subdomain
Housing
Environment
US refugee resettlement agency office
Region
USA
Time Estimate:
16 min.
Avg. Length per Line:
7 sec.
Introductory Summary
A newly arrived family from El Salvador is meeting with their housing advocate at a local resettlement agency.
Disclaimer:
This text is an original work of fiction based on real scenarios. Any similarities between people or places are purely coincidental.
Participants
Abbr. Role Language(s)
Int Interpreter en-US es-MX
F Father es-SV
M Mother es-SV
HA Housing Advocate en-US
HM Housing Manager en-US
Contributors
Author
Romina Espinosa
Co-Author
Ana Soler
Editors
Devin Gilbert
Yohana Imperio
Allison deFreese
Audio Engineer
Omar Mendoza
Voice Actors
Housing Advocate
Delaney Johns
Housing Manager
Skylar Lees
Mother
Pamela Martínez Ruiz
Father
Nefi Pérez
Interpreter
Giovanna Torres
Full Summary
A newly arrived family from El Salvador is meeting with their housing advocate at a local resettlement agency. They sit down in a meeting room and voice two concerns: (1) the smell of marijuana in their apartment complex and (2) an eight-year-old boy who touched the breast of one of their daughters. The family is not happy at all with their apartment in a populous neighborhood and want to find an alternative place.
Main Challenges
At the end of the interpreted meeting, the interpreter faces an ethical challenge. She quickly thinks of a way to resolve the ethical dilemma by being polite yet establishing a professional boundary.
Key Terminology and Vocabulary
English español
housing vivienda --- ---
enroll matricular --- ---
marijuana marihuana --- ---
stink apestar --- ---
breasts senos --- ---
county ayuntamiento condado ---
neighborhood barrio vecindario ---
apartment apartamento departamento piso
apartment complex complejo de apartamentos --- ---
manager administrador gerente jefe
asylum asilo --- ---
freckled pecoso --- ---
redhead pelirrojo --- ---
resettlement agency agencia de reasentamiento --- ---
work permit permiso de trabajo --- ---
permanent residency residencia permanente --- ---
inflation inflación --- ---
cost of living costo de vida --- ---
central céntrico --- ---
city ciudad --- ---

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Supplementary Resources
Refugees, Asylum-seekers, and Migrants (Amnesty International)
What is Asylum? (UNHCR)
Obtaining Asylum in the US (USCIS)
Juliana Mosley’s Cultural Humility (TEDx)
Pre-Session Definition and Samples (National Association of Educational Translators and Interpreters of Spoken Languages)
CIFE: An Interpreter’s Tool (Multnomah County)
Ryohei Onishi’s We are All Interpreters (TEDx Kobe)
US Resettlement Facts (UNHCR)

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