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08 Feb Health and Performance as an Interpreter

Posted at 00:50h in Community Interpreting, Court Interpreting, Medical Interpreting, Past Posts by FC 0 Comments

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[caption id="attachment_1024" align="alignleft" width="238" caption="Bulging disc. Click on image to enlarge."][/caption] Our mental and physical wellness can affect our performance as interpreters. It is likely that the following affect our output: diet, exercise, family issues, finances, overall health, etc. All of these can significantly impact the...

01 Feb Changing it Up: New Year, New Perspective

Posted at 01:13h in Interpreting, Past Posts by JdlCruz 0 Comments

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One year ago this month, when the NAJIT Blog was just getting started, I ended my post with these words: Whether you call it love, passion or simply enjoying your career, I think we can all agree that having a true calling and affinity for this...

25 Jan Code-switching and the Interpreter

Posted at 00:01h in Court Interpreting, Interpreting, New Ideas, Odds & Ends, Past Posts by KShelly 0 Comments

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I am interpreting consecutively. I am well-rested, fully focused, alert and engaged. Almost effortlessly, I allow the equivalent words,phrases and structures to flow through my brain and out my mouth. An interpreting instructor of mine once called this being “in the groove.” It doesn’t happen every...

18 Jan Less Is More: What a 17th Century Mathematician Can Teach 21st Century Interpreters

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I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead[1]. So said Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher in a letter to a friend in December 1656.[2] The quote, often misattributed to Mark Twain and Abraham...

11 Jan When to say NO

Posted at 00:50h in Community Interpreting, Court Interpreting, Ethics, Medical Interpreting, Odds & Ends, Past Posts, Translation by FC 0 Comments

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Sometimes my first answer is NO if I know I am not qualified to perform a task. However, if the authorities persist due to the nature of an incident, that incident is likely to be documented. It comes down to personal ethics; more precisely, it...

28 Dec No Longer Just a Voice in the Wilderness

Posted at 21:09h in ASL, Court Interpreting, Ethics, Interpreting, Medical Interpreting, Past Posts by MCDLV 0 Comments

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[caption id="attachment_839" align="alignleft" width="214" caption="Roseann Dueñas González"][/caption] Dr. Roseann Dueñas Gonzalez is a 21st Century luminary in the field of language access in the U.S. She was the founder and long-standing Director of the University of Arizona National Center for Interpretation, Testing, Research and Policy. I...

21 Dec The Man Who Cut off His Wife’s Toe with a Machete

Posted at 00:01h in Court Interpreting, Odds & Ends, Past Posts by KShelly 0 Comments

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This is a cautionary tale about what can happen when you don’t have two interpreters for a trial. It’s also rather amusing in a macabre way, and I enjoy telling the story to people who ask me about the most unusual case I have ever...

14 Dec Confessions of a Recovering Workaholic

Posted at 02:07h in Interpreting, Odds & Ends, Past Posts, Translation by JdlCruz 0 Comments

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Warning!! The flexibility, variety, mobility and enjoyment that come with being an interpreter or a translator (or both!) can be addictive, turning us into smiling, giddy workaholics! Do you sometimes feel like your life is holding you back from achieving all you can in your career?...

07 Dec Attitude of Gratitude

Posted at 00:01h in Interpreting, Odds & Ends, Past Posts by KShelly 0 Comments

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My mother died a few weeks before Thanksgiving. She was a remarkable woman who gave each of her children a great love of learning and an appreciation for art, music, language and books, books, books! There was so much I loved and admired about her,...

30 Nov 21st Century Skills – Back to School Basics for Our Changing Profession

Posted at 05:15h in ASL, Community Interpreting, Conference Interpreting, Court Interpreting, Interpreting, Medical Interpreting, New Ideas, Odds & Ends, Past Posts, Translation by FC 0 Comments

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Our family recently embarked on an educational journey when we put our son into an online homeschooling program. In my job as an interpreter, trainer, and advocate for our profession, my days are already focused on finding the most effective educational tools and resources for...

08 Feb Health and Performance as an Interpreter

01 Feb Changing it Up: New Year, New Perspective

25 Jan Code-switching and the Interpreter

18 Jan Less Is More: What a 17th Century Mathematician Can Teach 21st Century Interpreters

11 Jan When to say NO

28 Dec No Longer Just a Voice in the Wilderness

21 Dec The Man Who Cut off His Wife’s Toe with a Machete

14 Dec Confessions of a Recovering Workaholic

07 Dec Attitude of Gratitude

30 Nov 21st Century Skills – Back to School Basics for Our Changing Profession

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08 Feb Health and Performance as an Interpreter

01 Feb Changing it Up: New Year, New Perspective

25 Jan Code-switching and the Interpreter

18 Jan Less Is More: What a 17th Century Mathematician Can Teach 21st Century Interpreters

11 Jan When to say NO

28 Dec No Longer Just a Voice in the Wilderness

21 Dec The Man Who Cut off His Wife’s Toe with a Machete

14 Dec Confessions of a Recovering Workaholic

07 Dec Attitude of Gratitude

30 Nov 21st Century Skills – Back to School Basics for Our Changing Profession

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

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