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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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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,...

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

Posted at 04:01h in Attorney Education, Community Interpreting, Court Interpreting, Ethics, Idioms, Interpreting, New Ideas, Recent Posts, TRAINING by Observer Editor 8 Comments

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This article by Jennifer de la Cruz was originally published in August 2014. We thought it was especially relevant after Athena's piece on sight translation. This is a new aspect of what we do in court interpreting. When Facebook and Instagram and even text messaging were...

20 Jan Brazilian Jury Observations — a Florida Court Interpreter’s Perspective

Posted at 04:48h in Court Interpreting, Interpreting, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 4 Comments

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This is Part II of Javier Aparisi's report on his Brazilian adventure. Pedri, a family friend from my early years in São Paulo, accompanied me a few days later in our visits to the Barra Funda regional court in São Paulo. This judicial complex offered a...

13 Jan Brazilian Jury Observations — a Florida Court Interpreter’s Perspective

Posted at 04:01h in Court Interpreting, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 14 Comments

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This week we welcome Javier Aparisi as a guest author sharing his findings on a personal quest. Below is Part I of Javier's journey into Brazilian jury trials. Photo credit: Valter Campanato, Agência Brasil [agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br] By Javier Aparisi ©2016 [caption id="attachment_18061" align="alignleft" width="218"] Ministry of Justice entrance, Brasilia,...

06 Jan Sailing Through Sight!

Posted at 04:00h in Athena Matilsky, Attorney Education, Court Interpreting, Interpreting, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 5 Comments

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- by Athena Matilsky © 2017 Ah yes. Sight translation. The interpreter tendency to ignore sight translation is kind of like that affliction suffered by us, middle children. You know middle child syndrome, right? It’s like this: our big brother Simultaneous is overtaking the track field and...

30 Dec What Would YOU Have Done?

Posted at 00:01h in Attorney Education, Ethics, Interpreting, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 11 Comments

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Here is another installment of WWYHD. We thank our colleagues who have shared their experiences with us and invite YOU to contribute. All articles are shared anonymously and to avoid breach of confidentiality, all identifiable details are removed from the stories shared with us in compliance...

Welcome to the NAJIT Observer

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!

20 Jan Brazilian Jury Observations — a Florida Court Interpreter’s Perspective

13 Jan Brazilian Jury Observations — a Florida Court Interpreter’s Perspective

06 Jan Sailing Through Sight!

30 Dec What Would YOU Have Done?

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Welcome to the NAJIT Observer

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

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

20 Jan Brazilian Jury Observations — a Florida Court Interpreter’s Perspective

13 Jan Brazilian Jury Observations — a Florida Court Interpreter’s Perspective

06 Jan Sailing Through Sight!

30 Dec What Would YOU Have Done?

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

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