22 Dec A Look at Translating for the Judiciary
Almost three years ago, Jennifer de la Cruz delivered this informative piece. We hope you agree with us that it deserves another airing. Here it is and we look forward to your comments. Enjoy! Jennifer de la Cruz © 2015 On this blog, we dedicate...
27 Jan A New Challenge: Sight Translating Texts and Social Media
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This article by Jennifer de la Cruz was originally published in August 2014. We thought it was especially relevant after Athena’s piece on sight translation. This is a new aspect of what we do in court interpreting. When Facebook and Instagram and even text messaging...
23 Sep The Staff Interpreter: Finding Balance
This post by Jennifer De La Cruz was originally published on May 2, 2014. It remains relevant and we hope you agree. Don’t forget to join us on Facebook, Twitter or send the Editor an email. We love to hear from you! Without a doubt,...
10 May Got assumptions? Proceed with caution!
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...
12 Oct Mistakes: Managing and Moving On
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...
17 Aug On Weathering Storms and Embracing Change
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...
25 Jan Top Ten Truths about Working in Court
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...
29 Dec Good-bye 2017. See You All in 2018
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...- 1
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