Wait… So What’s the Difference Between The Blog, Cybernews, and Proteus? By: Julli Jaramillo Dear Readers, We need a record scratch moment...
Let’s Test Your Ethics: The AI Summary The NAJIT Observer Team Welcome to “Let’s Test Your Ethics” As professional interpreters and translators, we often navigate challenging situations that test our ethical judgment. Whether it’s balancing confidentiality with transparency or maintaining impartiality in emotionally charged settings, these dilemmas are part...
This One Feels Different: The NAJIT 2026 Conference By: Julli Jaramillo As I think about June, I keep coming back to the conference and how different it will feel to walk into the NAJIT 47th Annual Conference this year. Not because it’s a conference. We’ve all been to those. Because...
Peer Observation and the Interpreter By: Jordan Fox Guest Post I have at times been frustrated with myself and my performance when working with a colleague on a case and being overcome by nervousness that ultimately affects my performance in such a way that I’m afraid that the...
Rethinking Reputation By: Ann (Jiraporn) Heath-Huynh Growing up in an Asian household, I believe that many of us were taught how to behave in such a way that we build and retain a good reputation in the eyes of society. Simply put, “Face-saving value is a cultural...
Language Access on the Biggest Stage By: Julli Jaramillo Last month, millions of viewers tuned in to watch the Super Bowl Halftime show. As always, the spotlight was on the teams, the halftime show, and the commercials that quickly became part of the cultural conversation. But behind the...
Warts and All By Ángeles Estrada, M.A., F.C.C.I The letters written to the judge by Spanish-speaking defendants in U.S. penitentiaries are hard to read and time consuming to translate. Because of the literacy level of most defendants, their letters are laden with spelling mistakes and frequently as cryptic...
Let’s Test Your Ethics: The Digital “Assist” The NAJIT Observer Team Honoring the Lunar New Year Before we turn to this month’s ethical discussion, we want to pause to recognize the Lunar New Year. For many communities around the world, this celebration marks renewal, reflection, and the beginning...
Beyond AI, Beyond the Conference Julli Jaramillo AI is already part of our professional reality. Not as a concept we debate in the abstract during dinner, but as something that shows up in conversations about tools, ethics, training, expectations, and the future of our work. That context is...
Webs of Learning in Practice: Webinars Julli Jaramillo Professional development matters in our field. The work changes, the courts change, and the expectations placed on judiciary interpreters and translators continue to evolve. Staying competent is not something we do once through training or certification; it is something...