The Diabetic Owners Manual - How to Keep Your Machine Running (Free on iTunes)

by Charles Cerney, M.D

This book is designed to take the mystery out of the problem and put control of the disease in your hands.  I firmly believe that if you can read this, you are smart enough to learn to be your own diabetologist.

Once you’ve read this booklet and if I’ve convinced you that you can take control, show it to your medical advisor.  If they say, “It’s all bologna.” then believe them and follow their advice.  You are too important to be pulled in two directions.

The Interpreting Handbook, Unit 1 ($9.99)

by Brian Cerney, Ph.D.

ISBN: 978-0-9762742-2-3
If you could better recognize the patterns of language, would it free your mind to provide better interpretations?

The Interpreting Handbook Unit 1 covers six topics to prepare professional interpreters to claim their rightful label of "Linguist".  Topics include Communication, Language, Language Use, Language Variation, Language Encoding Systems, and Pidgins, Creoles & Other Things. The book is designed to be both for students of interpreting in their introductory course and for working professionals who may not have received linguistic training even though they are competent interpreters.  This text contains hyperlinks to web pages that are kept up to date with new information, practice material and sample quizzes.

The Interpreting Handbook, Unit 2 ($9.99)

by Brian Cerney, Ph.D.

ISBN: 978-0-9762742-3-0
If you understood the mental processes of interpreting better, could you become more efficient and less stressed while doing better work?

The Interpreting Handbook Unit 2 covers six topics to equip professional interpreters to claim their rightful label of "Linguist".  Topics include Trans-communication, Teamed Transcommunication, Processing Levels, Interpreting History and Research, Interpreting Models, and Five More Models.  The book is designed both for students of interpreting and for working professionals who may not have received linguistic training even though they are competent interpreters.  This text contains numerous hyperlinks to web pages that are kept up to date with new information, practice material and sample quizzes.

SWOT Analysis for Interpreters ($2.99 on iTunes & Amazon)

by Brian Cerney

Workbook #7 for The Interpreting Handbook Series (2nd Edition).

Self-critique is essential for a person to make improvements in their professional work.  If the principles of SWOT analysis are understood and used effectively, interpreters can make rapid developments toward producing target texts with greater clarity and accuracy.

This workbook provides an organized strategy for finding areas for self-improvement without wallowing in destructive self-flagellation.  The SWOT analysis of the business world is modified to provide a straightforward approach to finding areas for improvement, working on them for a few weeks, and then checking to ensure that progress is being made.

Biomechanics for Interpreters ($2.99 on iTunes & Amazon)

by Abie Abrams & Brian Cerney

Workbook #8 in The Interpreting Handbook Series

Interpreting requires muscle movements within the body for extended periods of time.  If you understand these basic techniques to stay in control of your message processing, then you will be able to generate more accurate interpretations for longer periods of time without hurting yourself.

This workbook addresses seven areas that interpreters can easily control that will not only improve an interpreter’s stamina, but also the quality of the interpretation, as well.  With an awareness of biomechanical aspects of safe and efficient work, a professional interpreter may be able to stay within the profession for a lifetime rather than being forced to change careers due to injury.

English to English Processing ($2.99 on iTunes & Amazon)

by Jean Plant & Brian Cerney

Workbook #1 in The Interpreting Handbook Series (2nd Edition)

If you understood the nuances of English Source Texts, would your interpretations be more clear and accurate?

English to English Processing provides a starting point for students and practitioners to improve their ASL-English interpreting abilities.  This text provides numerous source texts that the reader will practice with, digging for meaning and then restating it within English.  This text will help you to better analyze implied meanings within English as your first step toward improved interpreting.

To Fingerspell Or Not To Fingerspell ($2.99 on iTunes & Amazon)

by Caryl Williams Love & Brian Cerney

Workbook #2 in The Interpreting Handbook Series (2nd Edition)

If you could make use of a time-tested literacy tool as a part of your interpreting practice, would you be willing to use it?

Deaf Americans have been fingerspelling as a significant part of their ASL production for generations.  To Fingerspell or Not To Fingerspell explores the ways that fingerspelling should be used appropriately to facilitate literacy, including how to effectively present first-time items IN PRINT prior to depending upon fingerspelling to adequately support the transition from ASL to English literacy.

Educational Interpreting ($2.99 on iTunes & Amazon)

by LaToya Childs & Brian Cerney

Workbook #4 in The Interpreting Handbook Series

This 25-page Workbook identifies strategies to help Educational Interpreters perform their work more effectively.  Making the transition from an Interpreting Program to becoming an Educational Interpreter requires patience.  No amount of training can fully prepare you, but this workbook will help guide the emerging professional interpreter to maintain a focus on the most important parts of the work.

Deaf History Notes - Second Edition Available from Amazon Only as e-book AND paperback

by Brian Cerney, Ph.D.

If you better understood the motivations and the history of Deaf people, would you be better equipped to work with them as a partner toward achieving their communication goals?

An easy-to-read textbook developed for interpreter training programs. Six units give an overview of the critical issues for exploring and understanding the Deaf community in the United States and beyond. Interesting topics include: • communication and language in the D/deaf community. • anatomy of the hand. eye and ear and implications for visual/manual communication. • ASL. linguistics. language choice and variation in the D/deaf community. • Deaf organizations. socialization. activism and legislation. • the interpreting process. and much more. Cerney. 2017. 180 pages. paperback. illustrated.

Perceiving Fingerspelling & Numbers ($2.99 on iTunes & Amazon)

by Jon Shive & Brian Cerney

Workbook #3 for The Interpreting Handbook Series.

If you could confidently understand fingerspelling and numbers would your overall interpretations also be more accurate?

This 16-page Workbook provides insight and specific practice exercises to help you gain confidence and improve your Perception of Fingerspelling and Numbers, which is one of the most often cited needs among signed language interpreters. These complex configurations of fingers and palm orientations often confound us and increase the stress that comes with working from Signed Languages to Spoken Languages. This book provides strategies for improving your perception of fingerspelling and numbers.

Processing Time - Developing the Interpreter Muscle ($2.99 on iTunes & Amazon)

by Jon Shive & Brian Cerney

Workbook #5 in The Interpreting Handbook Series

If you understood some basic techniques to stay in control of your message processing, would you generate more accurate interpretations?

This 16-page Workbook provides insight and specific practice exercises to help you extend and improve your Processing Time.  Research has demonstrated that increasing our processing time results in improved interpretations. This book discusses the components of memory and processing time and how they apply to our interpreting work.  Activities will help readers to lengthen their processing times, reduce errors, and build confidence.

Say it in Hearing ($2.99 on iTunes & Amazon)

by Jean Plant & Brian Cerney

Workbook #6 in The Interpreting Handbook Series

If you could avoid merging elements of different languages together then your consumers would have greater comfort with the interpreting process and with each other.

Becoming bilingual is a monumental task.  Remembering how people really use English can be hard.  This workbook provides guidelines for restoring your normal use of English to your interpreting work and to avoid GLOSSing ASL words, phrases and sentences with odd-sounding English.

ASL Glossing & Discourse Analysis ($2.99 on iTunes & Amazon)

by Brian Cerney

Workbook #9 in The Interpreting Handbook Series

There are some basic techniques to analyzing the language of both source and target texts.  If you understand these basics then you will be able to evaluate your own work and find paths to significant improvement.

The most common approach to documenting signed discourse is through the use of GLOSSing- using words in the written language to hold the place of signed language vocabulary.  This text improves upon this basic approach with the concept of single-line transcription, which avoids the mess of trying to have two lines of text match up.  In addition, data collection exercises are outlined in detail to help interpreters and students to document and analyze ASL and English narratives and conversations.

Making Educational Interpreting Work (COMING in 2018)

by Caryl Williams-Love, Jon Shive, LaToya Childs & Brian Cerney

Workbook #10 in The Interpreting Handbook Series

No other linguistic / cultural group receives an interpreted education.  If it were possible to develop an ideal mainstream program for Deaf children, what would it look like?

Educational interpreting for Deaf students in inherently flawed and insufficient.  This workbook explores the demands and controls that educational interpreters have within typical educational settings and provides guidance for interpreters to help develop more Deaf-Friendly environments where Deaf students are truly integrated into their educational settings.

You Are In Charge Of You (COMING in 2017)

by Brian Cerney

Workbook #11 in The Interpreting Handbook Series

Ethical Practices require a basis for consistent behavior.  If you want to remain true to yourself in both professional and personal interactions, then you need to know what you believe and how you relate to the rest of the world.

Four basic principles and several corollaries are presented and discussed in terms of ethical practices in the interpreting profession.  These guidelines will serve you for both your professional work and your day-to-day life.

Cued Language Transliteration ($2.99 on iTunes & Amazon)

by Abie Abrams & Brian Cerney

Workbook #12 in The Interpreting Handbook Series

Cueing is a language encoding system that lets you show rhymes and puns.  If you wanted to have the ability to visually represent auditory elements of language and culture, then you need to learn this system.

Developed as a literacy tool in 1966, Cued Language provides a systematic approach to encoding any spoken language.  Use this tool to reveal English poetic structure, foreign language class content and special effects sounds.  This text teaches the entire cueing system and offers practical guidelines and advice for professionals who wish to integrate the benefits of cueing into an educational setting for Deaf children.

The Ten Cs of Effective Target Texts ($2.99 on iTunes & Amazon) [2nd Edition - 2017]

by Brian Cerney

Workbook #13 in The Interpreting Handbook Series

Systematic feedback is essential for sustained improvement.  If you have a rubric for systematic evaluations and feedback, then you can work toward common goals of excellence in the field of interpreting.

The Ten Cs is an organized evaluation and feedback tool for interpreters and works equally well with signed and spoken languages.  This workbook explains the basics of the evaluation system, whether it is used for self-evaluation or as a tool for mentors and their interns.

Grandpa’s Alphabetic Safari ($2.99)

by Charles Cerney, M.D

This Book is a collection of pictures taken during travels through life, looking at the wonders of nature.  I put them together for my grandchildren so that they might share my delight.  The poems I have appended, partly for my own pleasure, and partly that they might serve as vocabulary expanders.

There is a Glossary of the less than usual words, and a list of where the pictures of the animals were taken.  I also read the text for each poem and attached a link to the audio file on each page.

My grandson Alosha composed ASL poetry for many of the pictures in American Sign Language.  All poems around our family suggests a song and my son Todd started to compose the music, but unfortunately died of cancer before he could complete them.  The first drafts are available here.

Using Haiku Translations for ASL Poetry ($0.99 on iTunes & Amazon)

by Brian Cerney

Workbook #14 in The Interpreting Handbook Series

The greatest challenges for interpreting ASL poetry have been ABC and Number Stories, where the “trick” of the ASL poem is that the handshapes for each sign follow a restricted progression through the alphabet or a numerical sequence such as 1 through 10.

I believe that it is possible to generate a parallel experience of enjoying ASL poetry for non signers by using Japanese Haiku. This approach - using Haiku - provides some rewarding results.  This book is only ten pages long (thus the minimal price) but includes links to video examples.

Transitioning From Student To Interpreter (COMING in 2018)

by Brian Cerney

Workbook #15 in The Interpreting Handbook Series

Students must transition from the safety of classroom practice and evaluations to real-world provision of services to live consumers.  This text focuses on activities and ethical considerations to guide the emerging professional interpreter.

Mentorships and guided internships provide significant guidance for emerging professional interpreters, but ultimately the student must choose to improve and make the transition to professional practice.  This text will guide that transition.