10 Mar Interpreting for Justice
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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...
10 Feb That’s Not How You Say it in Gringa-Land!
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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
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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...
06 Jan Sailing Through Sight!
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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...
18 Nov Solving Simultaneous
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