28 Jul The Art of Faking It ‘Til You Make It

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– By Athena Matilsky There are few things more off-putting than to hear an interpreter fill their delivery with um and uh, second-guess themselves, and interject side commentary. In real-life situations, this sort of delivery makes the listener tune out. On a test, it costs...

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09 Jun Courthouse by Any Other Name

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Okay, perhaps it’s a bit far-fetched to compare a courthouse to Shakespeare’s famous rose, but I have to admit that after months away from court (or, should I say,  du palais de justice…our francophone neighbors certainly have a way with words, don’t they?!) when I...

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28 Apr The Trouble With Memory…

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or How to Forget About Interpreting and Just Listen – By Athena Matilsky© You know how the saying goes: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. I’m sure you have heard it; we all have. But have you heard the saying for interpreters?...

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18 Apr Meet the Editors

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Andre Moskowitz is a Spanish-language interpreter certified by the United States federal courts and the California state courts. He is also a Hispanist, lexicographer and dialectologist, who has published a series of works in the areas of Spanish lexical dialectology and Spanish lexicography. He taught...

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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...

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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,...

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28 Jan Conference: Speakers 2017

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21 Jan Conference: Saturday and Sunday Sessions 2017

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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...

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18 Nov Solving Simultaneous

Posted at 01:00h in Athena Matilsky, Conference Interpreting, Interpreting, New Ideas, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 14 Comments

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