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

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07 Apr Future Idaho Court Interpreters Join Efforts with Future Immigration Attorneys

Posted at 04:01h in Advocacy, Attorney Education, Court Interpreting, Recent Posts, TRAINING by Observer Editor 3 Comments

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Our Guest Author this week is Fatima Cornwall, who comes to us from the Azores Islands, by way of Boise Idaho University. Be a Guest Author: Your contributions enrich The NAJIT Observer. Please do keep them coming. Send an email to tno_editor@najit.org and we will...

31 Mar Four Lessons Learned in the Private Sector that I Apply to my Freelance Business

Posted at 04:01h in Business Practices, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 7 Comments

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By Gio Lester © 2017 The number one myth freelancers fall for is that they get rid of bosses once they go solo. That is not true: each one of our clients is a boss! What changes is our relationship with them. We can now pick...

17 Mar Sworn translation in France and the United States: What are the differences?

Posted at 04:01h in Recent Posts, Translation by Observer Editor 12 Comments

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This week we welcome Cultures Connection as a guest author. They publish a blog and, after reading some of our posts, asked to share some of their good writing with our readers. Would you like to see your post on our pages? Please send a note...

10 Mar Interpreting for Justice

Posted at 13:43h in Athena Matilsky, Court Interpreting, Interpreting, Mentoring, Recent Posts, TRAINING by Observer Editor 11 Comments

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The problem with court interpreting is that it’s messy. Heck, life is messy, and court interpreting is just a manifestation of our daily struggle with chaos. Allow me to explain. For months now I have been mentoring students to study for their tests; notably I’ve been coaching...

03 Mar Definitions as Tools to Enhance Understanding

Posted at 04:01h in Advocacy, Language Associations, NAJIT Affairs, Recent Posts, Terminology, Uncategorized by Observer Editor 1 Comment

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No, NAJIT has not gone into the dictionary business. We are just trying to make things clear so folks know what they mean exactly when they use a word like "translator," or "interpreter." We are providing definitions that will, we hope, help those who need our...

24 Feb The Grasshopper and the Ant Redux

Posted at 04:01h in Finances, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 3 Comments

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Article by Kathleen Shelly, originally published on May 18, 2014. Images from University of Massachusetts Amherst I used to be a grasshopper, you know, like the one in Aesop’s fable. It wasn’t that I didn’t work—I did. It’s just that after paying for rent, utilities and...

17 Feb May 22 is NAJIT Advocacy Day

Posted at 04:01h in Advocacy, Interpreting, NAJIT Affairs, Recent Posts, Translation by Observer Editor 3 Comments

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Monday, May 22 is NAJIT Advocacy Day. Join NAJIT in Washington, DC. Together our voices are louder and can reach farther! NAJIT will be scheduling a group visit with Executive Branch offices and recommend interpreters and translators schedule appointments with their own legislators. That is only one part of...

10 Feb That’s Not How You Say it in Gringa-Land!

Posted at 04:01h in Athena Matilsky, Interpreting, Recent Posts, Terminology, Translation by Observer Editor 20 Comments

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Here’s the thing about my Spanish: I learned it from a book. When I enrolled in my first Spanish class, I didn’t even know how to ask someone, “How are you?” But I progressed quickly, with brilliant professors hailing from places like Peru, Costa Rica,...

Welcome to the NAJIT Observer

07 Apr Future Idaho Court Interpreters Join Efforts with Future Immigration Attorneys

31 Mar Four Lessons Learned in the Private Sector that I Apply to my Freelance Business

17 Mar Sworn translation in France and the United States: What are the differences?

10 Mar Interpreting for Justice

03 Mar Definitions as Tools to Enhance Understanding

24 Feb The Grasshopper and the Ant Redux

17 Feb May 22 is NAJIT Advocacy Day

10 Feb That’s Not How You Say it in Gringa-Land!

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Welcome to the NAJIT Observer

07 Apr Future Idaho Court Interpreters Join Efforts with Future Immigration Attorneys

31 Mar Four Lessons Learned in the Private Sector that I Apply to my Freelance Business

24 Mar The Couch – Where we analyze our professional dilemmas

17 Mar Sworn translation in France and the United States: What are the differences?

10 Mar Interpreting for Justice

03 Mar Definitions as Tools to Enhance Understanding

24 Feb The Grasshopper and the Ant Redux

17 Feb May 22 is NAJIT Advocacy Day

10 Feb That’s Not How You Say it in Gringa-Land!

03 Feb The Couch – Where we analyze our professional dilemmas

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

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