

This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.However, you must be able to speak English and Spanish without any hesitations. There is no requirement regarding formal education in either Spanish or English. You must speak English and Spanish fluently. You should be comfortable in a Windows or Mac environment, and have the ability to launch and close activities. You should be familiar with using a personal computer, mouse, and keyboard. Formal criminal and civil vocabulary and the equivalent transfer.Transferring of low, regular and high register documents into the opposite language.Exam taking techniques - Objective versus subjective grading.Interferences – Filtering syntactical and grammatical interferences.Sight Translation for Court Interpreters.Typical Court Proceedings – Misdemeanors.DUI/DWI – Driving under the influence/Driving while intoxicating.Criminal Offenses in the State Jurisdiction.Access intensive laboratory programs that will allow you to practice your skills and gain experience.Learn both the technical and ethical skills required to do the job.Jump-start your career as a certified state court interpreter.Become prepared to take the State Court Interpreter Certification Exam.Grasp courtroom protocol and ethics of the court interpreter.Master the necessary material to sit in a State Spanish Court Interpreter examination.Develop an understanding of drug, firearm, fingerprint and gang terminology, colloquialisms and slangs, juvenile court terminology, and children's court terminology.Understand criminal and civil terminology in both Spanish and English and the corresponding transfer into the opposite language.Learn best interpreting techniques - simultaneous, consecutive and sight translation.
