07 Nov Building the New
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in Advocacy, Business Practices, Court Interpreting, Ethics, Immigration, Interpreting, Janis Palma, Language, Recent Posts, Technology, The Profession
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“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new” —Socrates Jon Leeth was the Special Assistant to the Assistant Director in Charge of Court Reporting and Interpreting Services, also referred to as Chief...
31 Oct Assistant Professor of Spanish – Specialist in Translation and Interpreting (New York, NY)
Assistant Professor of Spanish – Specialist in Translation and Interpreting Job ID 25178 Location John Jay College Full/Part Time Regular/Temporary Regular FACULTY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT JOHN JAY COLLEGE John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a senior college of the City University of New York...
31 Oct Transcription In The Interpreting Profession: An Exciting Time To Be An Interpreter
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in Business Practices, Court Interpreting, Equipment, Interpreting, New Ideas, Recent Posts, Remote Interpreting, Technology, Translation, Uncategorized
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We have all been there: tired and in need of a partner. Could there exist a machine that does the notetaking for me? I started to ponder about speech recognition many years ago when ASR (automatic speech recognition) was accessible via software (think Siri). I...
19 Oct Spanish Interpreter (Language Specialist – San Diego, CA)
This position is located in the Administrative Division, Translation and Interpretation Section of the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Southern District of California. The incumbent will be required to provide precise and comprehensive English-Spanish interpreting and translating services for a variety of litigative...19 Oct Spanish Translator (San Diego, CA)
This position is located in the Administrative Division, Translation and Interpretation Section of the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Southern District of California. The incumbent will be required to provide high-quality English-Spanish transcription and translation services for a variety of litigative activities. Typical...04 Oct Lecturer of Spanish—Specialist in Heritage Learners (NY, New York)
POSITION OVERVIEW The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at John Jay College-CUNY seeks an instructor at the rank of Lecturer with experience teaching Spanish for heritage learners. Experience in teaching translation and interpreting is a plus. The position of Lecturer is tenure-bearing through what...
03 Oct Not All Language Communities Are Served Equally
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in Advocacy, Attorney Education, Community, Community Interpreting, Court Interpreting, Ethics, Immigration, Interpreters, Language, Recent Posts
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Interpreters are proving to be an indispensable resource to indigenous communities as the demand for their services increases. While a handful of language-service agencies claim to offer some of these languages, they cannot guarantee the interpretation provided is true or accurate. This is why, to...
19 Sep A Spanish interpreter communicating in Polish? Not quite!
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in Community, Ethics, Hilda Zavala-Shymanik, Interpreting, Language, Recent Posts, Translation
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I have been familiar with nonverbal language my whole life. As a child, I used to sign with my sisters and friends. We were just doing it the other day in court actually, my sister Marisa and me. But the first time I attended a...
27 Jun The Couch: A Disagreement on Terms of Payment
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in Business Practices, Court Interpreting, Finances, Interpreters, Mentoring, Recent Posts
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The Couch is a place to exchange ideas and brainstorm, not only for its contributors but also for our readers who engage in the ensuing discussions. Sometimes, if not everything is clearly laid out from the beginning, embarrassing and undesirable situations can follow. Thank you to...