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25 Nov

Posted at 01:00h in Certification, Continuing Education, Court Interpreting, Hilda Zavala-Shymanik, Immigration, Interpreters, Leadership, Professional Development, Recent Posts, The Profession by
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Talking to my mother the other day, I asked her if anything similar to Thanksgiving Day existed in Mexico, but it seemed that the closest thing we have there is New Year’s. She was right! It’s hard to remember all those holiday details after living...

03 Sep

Posted at 11:28h in Attorney Education, Business Practices, Court Interpreting, Hilda Zavala-Shymanik, Interpreting, Leadership, Professional Hazard, Recent Posts, Technology, Tools of the trade by
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An open or shut case? A couple of weeks ago, a woman I was interpreting for started chatting with me before an interview, and she asked me if I had heard about upcoming plans to reopen the courthouse. During this conversation, she shared her view...

23 Apr

Posted at 12:45h in Interpreting, NAJIT Affairs, NAJIT Conference, Odds & Ends, Personal Growth, Professional Development, Recent Posts by
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If I had been told a year ago that NAJIT’s Conference Committee would be organizing a remote event, I would not have believed it. The virtualization of “virtually” everything around us caught us all by surprise. It is a well-known fact that humans by our...

08 Jan

Posted at 01:00h in Community, Language Associations, Leadership, NAJIT Affairs, Odds & Ends, Professional Development, Recent Posts, The Profession, Volunteer by
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Before becoming a staff interpreter in 2015, I freelanced for more than seven years. During that time, I exchanged information with every single interpreter I crossed paths with during assignments or in class (once I found interpreting courses). I was desperately searching for a sense...