📋 Tender Overview
The Human Rights Commission (CDH) approved, this Wednesday (26), a project that requires approval in a practical assessment so that translators, interpreters and guides-interpreters of the Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) can practice their profession. The , by former senator Castellar Neto, received a favorable vote from the rapporteur, senator Flavio Arns (PSB-PR), with a wording amendment, and will go to the Education Commission (CE).
The proposal includes the requirement in , which regulates the profession and currently requires only academic training.
According to the project, practical assessment may take place in simplified selection processes, public competitions or interviews. It will be conducted by an examining board made up of deaf teachers, translators, Libras interpreters and guide-interpreters from higher education institutions with a line of research or study center in the area or from civil society organizations representing the deaf community.
The criteria, skills and abilities in translation, interpretation and guide-interpretation will be established in specific regulations for the examining boards, which will evaluate different contexts, such as educational, health, artistic-cultural, judiciary, and other areas.
The project also provides autonomy for private and public institutions in the federal, state, municipal and Federal District systems to organize practical assessments, as long as they comply with the established criteria and current legislation.
Furthermore, it establishes that institutions must ensure effectiveness and quality in communication, information and education for deaf and deafblind people, through translation, interpretation and guide-interpretation services.
According to Arns, the requirements set out in the legislation have proven to be insufficient to guarantee the quality and efficiency necessary for professional practice.
-- Given the complexity and importance of interpreting Libras in the most diverse contexts, it is essential that the practical competence of the professional is ensured, in addition to theoretical training, in order to give true concreteness to the material equality of people with disabilities -- highlighted the senator.
Agencia Senado (Reproduction authorized upon citation from Agencia Senado)
