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21 Jan

Posted at 23:37h in Advocacy, Continuing Education, Julli Jaramillo, Language, Leadership, Leadership, NAJIT Conference, New Ideas, Odds & Ends, Personal Growth, Professional Development, Professional Practices, Recent Posts, The Profession, Tools of the trade, TRAINING, Translation by
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Beyond AI, Beyond the Conference Julli Jaramillo   AI is already part of our professional reality. Not as a concept we debate in the abstract during dinner, but as something that shows up in conversations about tools, ethics, training, expectations, and the future of our work. That context is...

14 Jan

Posted at 23:48h in Business Practices, Community, Julli Jaramillo, New Ideas, Odds & Ends, Personal Growth, Professional Development, Professional Practices, Recent Posts, The Profession, Tools of the trade, Volunteer by
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Stepping Into the Open House Julli Jaramillo   It was a cold Wednesday evening, the kind that settles in after a long day and makes it tempting to close the laptop and call it a night. Despite that pull, I joined the NAJIT Open House shortly after it...

09 Jan

Posted at 01:39h in Advocacy, Business Practices, Community, Continuing Education, Leadership, Leadership, NAJIT Academy, New Ideas, Odds & Ends, Personal Growth, Professional Development, Professional Practices, Recent Posts, The Profession, Tools of the trade, TRAINING, Translation by
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Webs of Learning in Practice: Webinars Julli Jaramillo   Professional development matters in our field. The work changes, the courts change, and the expectations placed on judiciary interpreters and translators continue to evolve. Staying competent is not something we do once through training or certification; it is something...

02 Jan

Posted at 16:01h in Advocacy, Business Practices, Community, Julli Jaramillo, Leadership, New Ideas, Odds & Ends, Personal Growth, Professional Development, Professional Practices, Recent Posts, The Profession, Tools of the trade, Volunteer by
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Carrying the Work Forward: Welcome 2026 Julli Jaramillo   When people talk about nonprofits, they often talk about them as if they are abstract things. Structures. Boards. Logos. Missions. But the longer I’ve worked with NAJIT, the clearer it has become to me that this organization moves because...

17 Dec

Posted at 22:46h in Business Practices, Community, Continuing Education, Julli Jaramillo, Language, Leadership, Odds & Ends, Professional Hazard, Professional Practices, Recent Posts, The Profession, Tools of the trade, Translation by
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Can Translation Be the Only Route? Julli Jaramillo In our last conversation on Judiciary Translation vs. Judiciary Interpretation: Which Path Resonates with You? We explored the question many of us encounter early on: which path should I choose? The responses, both spoken and unspoken, pointed to a...

10 Dec

Posted at 20:01h in Advocacy, Business Practices, Community, Continuing Education, Ethics, Leadership, Mentoring, New Ideas, Odds & Ends, Personal Growth, Professional Development, Recent Posts, The Profession, Tools of the trade, TRAINING, Volunteer by
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A Brief History of The Couch Series [caption id="attachment_36172" align="alignright" width="300"] A symbolic representation of interpreters and translators fostering understanding, depicted by a figure on a couch and another actively listening[/caption] Since its debut in 2017, The Couch has been the place to provide our members with the space to discuss...

02 Apr

Posted at 21:51h in Advocacy, Community Interpreting, Continuing Education, Ethics, Interpreters, Julli Jaramillo, Language, Professional Development, Professional Hazard, The Profession, TRAINING by
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Let’s Test Your Ethics The NAJIT Observer Team  Welcome to “Let’s Test Your Ethics” As professional interpreters and translators, we often navigate challenging situations that test our ethical judgment. Whether it's balancing confidentiality with transparency or maintaining impartiality in emotionally charged settings, these dilemmas are part of our...

26 Mar

Posted at 00:06h in Advocacy, Continuing Education, Leadership, Personal Growth, Recent Posts, Reme Bashi, Tools of the trade by
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Beyond Language, The Expert Interpreter By Reme Bashi   “You can sit there,” the judge told me, as he pointed to an empty seat at the respondent’s table. I politely replied: “Thank you, your honor, but I’ll be using equipment and not sitting by the respondent.”  The judge...

11 Mar

Posted at 22:36h in Advocacy, Court Interpreting, Ethics, Jiraporn Ann Huynh, Mentoring, New Ideas, Personal Growth, Professional Development, Recent Posts, The Profession, Tools of the trade, TRAINING, Uncategorized by
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When to Let Compassion Take the Driver’s Seat   By: Jiraporn Ann H. Huynh   At least once in a court interpreter’s lifetime, the moment will come when we interpret a hearing with Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals who are mentally compromised, whether from birth or from a life...