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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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23 May

Posted at 20:04h in Business Practices, Community, Community Interpreting, Equipment, Ethics, Interpreters, Interpreting, Odds & Ends, Past Posts, Professional Hazard, Self care, Technology, Tools of the trade by
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It was one of those weeks when everyone hates the interpreter. Weather is bad. Call quality is awful. And tempers are slightly more miserable than the shift. Of course, everything the interpreter does makes things worse. When she asks clients to speak up over the static,...

15 May

Posted at 14:04h in Advocacy, Attorney Education, Court Interpreting, Ethics, Interpreters, Janis Palma, Professional Hazard, Professional Practices, Recent Posts by
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No, I don’t mean the social “privilege” we all enjoy as interpreters or translators because of the education, general knowledge and specialized skills that give us a certain advantage over others a bit less fortunate. No, I mean the sort of privilege we are supposed...

02 May

Posted at 07:09h in Athena Matilsky, Certification, Continuing Education, Court Interpreting, Interpreting, Personal Growth, Professional Development, Recent Posts, Tools of the trade, TRAINING by
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This past March, I had the privilege of hosting a community coffee hour for one of my biggest heroes. Our guest of honor was Holly Mikkelson, who, among other notable accomplishments, created the ACEBO self-study interpreting materials. She never ceased to amaze me during our conversation,...

10 Apr

Posted at 15:47h in Community, Court Interpreting, Hilda Zavala-Shymanik, Interpreters, Language Associations, NAJIT Conference, Professional Development by
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Coming Full Circle This is one of the last blogs I will write while serving as NAJIT’s Vice-Chair, so I want to write about something that I am passionate about and that is extremely relevant at a time when we are working towards better compensation and...