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The NAJIT Observer (TNO) was created in 2011 in response to NAJIT’s members need for a tool

to share information, first-hand experiences, and the occasional fun moment with colleagues.

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03 Aug Embracing My Inner Texan

Posted at 00:04h in Continuing Education, Janis Palma, Professional Development, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 7 Comments

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I was at the annual conference of the Texas Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (TAJIT) in Austin this past weekend, and was spellbound by every presenter, strongly motivated to learn new things from all of them and was even challenged to think out of...

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

Posted at 04:04h in Court Interpreting, Interpreting, Past Posts, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 8 Comments

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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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20 Jul It finally happened… to me!

Posted at 04:04h in Advocacy, Business Practices, Interpreting, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 18 Comments

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It’s one of those things that comes up all the time in social media discussions and listserves, even during courses and conferences. You have discussed it so much you know exactly how you are going to react, even if it has never happened to you....

13 Jul The Couch – To speak up or not to speak up? What say you?

Posted at 04:04h in Ethics, Professional Practices, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 7 Comments

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Our colleague is curious to see how our The Couch readers would handle some prickly situations he found himself into. What would you do, speak up or not? Read the post and see if you can lend a hand. Could it be a cultural thing? Who was...

06 Jul Team Interpreting Standards – Are we ready?

Posted at 04:04h in Athena Matilsky, Interpreting, Professional Practices, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 11 Comments

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I remember it well. I had just begun my interpreting career, and I was placed with a more experienced interpreter to provide services for a competency hearing. I had been interpreting simultaneously for a while, and now it was my partner’s turn. She switched to...

29 Jun A Hug for the Interpreter: My First Experience with Social Services Interpreting

Posted at 14:14h in ASL, Community Interpreting, Interpreting, Recent Posts by KShelly 14 Comments

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First experiences, when they are positive, leave a taste and a longing for more. Bethany shares one such experience with us in her unique writing style, like building a puzzle, one piece at a time. Originally published in February 2013, this article remains timeless for...

22 Jun The Cat is Out of the Bag

Posted at 04:04h in Janis Palma, Professional Hazard, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 26 Comments

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Planning is fun. Then, life happens I had planned on writing about my experience in the Southern District of Texas, McAllen Division, interpreting for the “tsunami” of misdemeanor illegal entry cases, maybe comparing it to my experience in the District of Puerto Rico interpreting for the...

15 Jun Four Interpreters Walk into the Federal Courthouse…

Posted at 04:04h in Interpreters, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 9 Comments

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It was not 9:30 AM yet. A woman approaches the information booth and identifies herself as the interpreter for the 10 AM. She sits down, makes herself comfortable. After all, she had over half an hour to kill. At 9:45, a man walks in. He makes...

08 Jun When Truth Trumps Fiction

Posted at 04:04h in Community Interpreting, Court Interpreting, Odds & Ends, Past Posts by Observer Editor 0 Comments

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Leslie Tabarez is a State Court Certified Interpreter in Pennsylvania. In this guest post from 2016, she reminded us that the truth can be hard to swalow. - By Leslie Tabarez © 2016 The phone rang. I picked it up. They needed me down at the courthouse...

01 Jun The Real Life of Interpreters

Posted at 04:01h in Athena Matilsky, Interpreting, Professional Development, Professional Practices, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 9 Comments

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[vc_row][vc_column width='2/3']This was real life. There was no do-over. My identity crisis started almost exactly two years ago when I left my job as a staff interpreter in New Jersey and headed into the Great Unknown (Montreal, Canada, to be exact). My plan was to work on...

Welcome to the NAJIT Observer

03 Aug Embracing My Inner Texan

20 Jul It finally happened… to me!

13 Jul The Couch – To speak up or not to speak up? What say you?

06 Jul Team Interpreting Standards – Are we ready?

22 Jun The Cat is Out of the Bag

15 Jun Four Interpreters Walk into the Federal Courthouse…

08 Jun When Truth Trumps Fiction

01 Jun The Real Life of Interpreters

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Welcome to the NAJIT Observer

03 Aug Embracing My Inner Texan

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

20 Jul It finally happened… to me!

13 Jul The Couch – To speak up or not to speak up? What say you?

06 Jul Team Interpreting Standards – Are we ready?

29 Jun A Hug for the Interpreter: My First Experience with Social Services Interpreting

22 Jun The Cat is Out of the Bag

15 Jun Four Interpreters Walk into the Federal Courthouse…

08 Jun When Truth Trumps Fiction

01 Jun The Real Life of Interpreters

The National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators promotes the highest professional standards in interpreting and translating.

Privacy Policy

INFORMATION

5555 Glenridge Connector, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30342 404-566-4705 @najitorg

Contact NAJIT

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5555 Glenridge Connector,
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