The Cat is Out of the Bag

This cat got out of the bag in June 2018. We want to take a trip down memory lane, to when we used to go out...

17 April, 2020 / 6 Comments

Self-Love in the Time of Corona

Dear Colleagues, Well, goodness me. It would appear that since my last blog post, the world has spun a teensy bit sideways. All of my own carefully made plans have been turned upside down, along with the plans of…every single person I know. And the rest...

10 April, 2020 / 5 Comments

7 Tips for Working with Court Interpreters

We have another Guest Post. This time, our guest is Ryan Bridges a contributing writer and media specialist for the Presentation Training Institute. Ryan regularly produces content for a variety of business and presentation blogs, based around the transitional challenges that come with communication and...

14 February, 2020 / 5 Comments

Muddying the Waters of Interpreting

This post was first published in November 2018. Exactly a week ago today, you would have found me in New Orleans with a colleague at an oyster bar on the banks of the Mississippi, discussing the Dunning-Kruger effect. For those of you who are unfamiliar with...

24 January, 2020 / 19 Comments

Four Lessons Learned in the Private Sector that I Apply to my Freelance Business

By Gio Lester © 2017 The number one myth freelancers fall for is that they get rid of bosses once they go solo. That is not true: each one of our clients is a boss! What changes is our relationship with them. We can now pick...

20 September, 2019 / 2 Comments

Protocol When Dealing with Objectionable Behavior by Colleagues in Interpreting

By Armando Ezquerra Hasbun ©2017 It is bound to happen. You spend most of your professional career trying to get where your ambitions lie. And then you spend most of your time trying to improve, to catch up, to seek elusive perfection in your craft. And in...

09 August, 2019 / 11 Comments

Practical Apps for Interpreting and Translation Professionals

This article was originally published on September 22, 2017. So much has changed since then. Please do add your favorite apps in the comments. - By Gio Lester I recently attended the webinar Intro to iPad: Basic Applications for the Legal Field organized by Veritext, a court reporting...

19 July, 2019 / 5 Comments

BE IN THE BEST POSITION FOR YOUR DEPOSITION

- By Armando Ezquerra Hasbun © 2017 Depositions can be grueling. Sometimes we deal with hostile parties, long hours without back up, complex subject matters… often made worse by the unwillingness to advance or share information about the case based on the mistaken belief that we...

22 March, 2019 / 5 Comments

Thoughts on Interpreting – the invisible language

- By Gio Lester © 2016 Living in Miami, Florida, a bilingual city for sure, one thing we notice is that every other attorney speaks another language. Most of them have studied Spanish or their families are from one of the myriad Spanish-speaking Latin American countries, or...

14 December, 2018 / 15 Comments

What is your professional association doing for you?

Here is a double feature on new member benefits and an overview of upcoming webinars. Enjoy!   What is your professional association doing for you? - By Aimee Benavides, NAJIT Chair Professional associations have an important role in the lives of those they serve. In the case of NAJIT, our...

09 November, 2018 / 2 Comments