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03 Sep

Posted at 11:28h in Attorney Education, Business Practices, Court Interpreting, Hilda Zavala-Shymanik, Interpreting, Leadership, Professional Hazard, Recent Posts, Technology, Tools of the trade by
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An open or shut case? A couple of weeks ago, a woman I was interpreting for started chatting with me before an interview, and she asked me if I had heard about upcoming plans to reopen the courthouse. During this conversation, she shared her view that...

27 Aug

Posted at 01:00h in Court Interpreting, Ethics, Interpreting, Odds & Ends, Recent Posts, Uncategorized by
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“No me falte usted al respeto, no soy cualquier cosa, soy el acusado. Yo ahí afuera tengo otro detalle, no así no se porta con uno la gente.” - Cantinflas, “El juicio,” available here No small ripple In 1992, the Real Academia Española accepted the term “cantinflear” for...

06 Aug

Posted at 11:09h in Business Practices, Community Interpreting, Court Interpreting, Ethics, Interpreting, Medical Interpreting, New Ideas, Odds & Ends, Personal Growth, Professional Practices, Recent Posts, Remote Interpreting, Self care, The Profession by
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The Couch is a learning place, not only for its contributors but also for our readers who engage in the ensuing discussions. The subject of this month’s Couch is the transition to “normal.” As in-person services gradually resume (or at least are on the horizon), what do...

30 Jul

Posted at 01:00h in Court Interpreting, Interpreting, Jules Lapprand, Language, Recent Posts, The Profession by
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“Welcome to one of the world’s most beautiful professions.” That’s a variation on a book title I heard during my second year of translation studies, in the fall semester of 2015. The book title was Profession: Traducteur by Georges Bastin and Monique C. Cormier, and the student...