Serving businesses, government agencies, doctors & hospitals, mental health centers, attorneys & courts, vocational programs, post-secondary institutions, religious entities, and in the performing arts. Abides by a Professional Code of Conduct (www.rid.org/ethics/) From the national certifying body: Interpreters must be able to listen to another person's words, inflections and intent and simultaneously render them into the visual language of signs using the mode of communication preferred by the deaf consumer. Must also be able to comprehend the signs, inflections and intent of the deaf consumer and simultaneously speak them in articulate, appropriate English. Must understand the cultures in which they work and apply that knowledge to promote effective cross-cultural communications.