This week, the NAJIT Blog article is by Tony Rosado, a Federally, Colorado, and New Mexico certified court interpreter, a perito traductor, and an attorney from Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City. He is a high-profile conference interpreter who has worked all over the...
“I gots to talk. I gotta tell what I feel. I gotta talk about my life as I see it.” (Sample of a Martin Lawrence stand-up comedy routine used in the Notorious BIG’s “Kick In The Door”.) I’ve been listening to and studying Rap music since the 80’s...
Today we welcome guest blogger Sabine Michael. Sabine was born and raised in Germany. She has the equivalent of a Masters Degree in Translation from the University of Mainz at Germersheim for Spanish and English (Diplom-Uebersetzer) and worked as a sworn translator and interpreter for the German...
This week, we have a post from guest blogger and NAJIT member John P. Shaklee. I've had the pleasure of working with John on the rejuvenation of the Community and Court Interpreters of Ohio (www.ccio.org) of which he is a member, and of learning with and from...
After a career as a systems analyst in the petroleum industry, John Estill found himself working as a translator and interpreter while enjoying retirement in rural Ohio. I’ve had the pleasure of working with John on the Ohio Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Interpreter Services. John...