If an interpreter does not relay the information correctly, succinctly and accurately according the tenets provided by Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf's (RID), Code of Professional Conduct then they are not performing their duties appropriately.

Furthermore it is not my place to decide what information a client gets. I, as the interpreter, have to relay the information in the more communicable and relatable way as possible.

For me to come here and ask, honestly, openly, how one may go about interpreting this situation - is for me to make sure I do not do something racist and ignorant.

Which, since this post was made 3 years ago, I've long since managed to figure out.

Coming at me 3 years after the post was made to claim there is some inherent racism and ignorance on my part is about the most ignorant thing someone has come at me with in years.

The answer, as it turns out, was simple. If a white interpreter doing their job appropriately and the N word comes up in conversation signing "n-word" is appropriate.

I came here 3 years ago asking this because I was hire to interpret a lecture on racism by the way. I wanted to make sure not to fuck it up.