12 Dec CITI: A New Convert

Posted at 18:12h in Certification, Continuing Education, Court Interpreting, Hilda Zavala-Shymanik, Language, Professional Development, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 11 Comments

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I first heard about the University of Arizona’s Court Interpreter Training Institute (CITI) program at NAJIT’s 35th Annual Conference in Las Vegas in 2012. Some colleagues were talking about it while we had lunch. They shared information and spoke highly of the program, so I...

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07 Nov Building the New

Posted at 15:07h in Advocacy, Business Practices, Court Interpreting, Ethics, Immigration, Interpreting, Janis Palma, Language, Recent Posts, Technology, The Profession by Observer Editor 14 Comments

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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...

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29 Aug Freelance or Staff Interpreter?

Posted at 10:40h in Community, Court Interpreting, Interpreting, Language Associations, Professional Development, Recent Posts, The Profession by Observer Editor 20 Comments

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I know that many interpreters prefer the freelance world, and there are many successful freelancers working here in Arizona. This is my story and why I now have the second longest tenure as a staff court interpreter here in the state court in Phoenix. I...

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22 Aug Management Change Announcement

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10 May Got assumptions? Proceed with caution!

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This post was originally published on August 2, 2013. It remains just as relevant. Enjoy. We humans are biologically programmed to walk into a situation and immediately start to assess it, right? In fact, what we see around us will often dictate how we conduct...

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12 Oct Mistakes: Managing and Moving On

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Editor’s Note: This post by Jennifer De La Cruz was originally published in 2012. It remains relevant and we bring it back as a reminder that we are (im)perfect human beings with a measure of shortcomings and virtues that we must learn to manage. I’ll never...

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17 Aug On Weathering Storms and Embracing Change

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The recent [June 2013] weather-related tragedies in Oklahoma have been of particular interest to our family, given that my youngest brother has lived in Tornado Alley for nearly two decades. The world has borne witness to the incredible stories of strength in the face of...

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27 Jul A New Challenge: Sight Translating Texts and Social Media

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This is a new aspect of what we do in court interpreting. When Facebook and Instagram and even text messaging were new around here, not many of the folks I interpreted for on a daily basis were fans. In fact, it wasn’t until recently that...

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25 Jan Top Ten Truths about Working in Court

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By Jennifer de la Cruz © 2015 It’s hard to believe that some 3,000 days have passed since I stepped foot onto the justice center grounds to begin my career as a court interpreter. Today, I filled my computer wastebasket with work logs that dated...

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29 Dec Good-bye 2017. See You All in 2018

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Photo by freestocks.org from Pexels  It is the last Friday of the year. Our last issue of 2017. Hard to believe, isn’t it? Well, this has been a good year for us. We published every week and went through a few changes. We have a...

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