http://www.arkansasinterpreting.com Interpreters and translation for Legal, Medical and Business Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:45:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Arkansas Spanish Interperters"][/caption] I saw this news article earlier about the Colorado legislators struggling to meet the new federal requirements for interpreters.  I have had some folks asking what the federal guidelines are, so I wanted to post what I found on cj-network.org: Everyone in the U.S., including ... http://www.arkansasinterpreting.com/2010/11/12/federal-lep-limited-english-proficiency-requirements/ For over 20 years, Arkansas Interpreters has been delivering our clients’ message, integrating technology and devising quality language solutions to render the promised outcome through document translation, on-site interpreting, telephone interpreting, localization, transcription and cultural consulting. We service government entities, ... http://www.arkansasinterpreting.com/2010/11/11/advanced-customer-satisfaction-through-thought-speech-and-action/ Significant Points About 26 percent of interpreters and translators are self-employed; many freelance and work in this occupation only sporadically. In addition to needing fluency in at least two languages, many interpreters and translators need a bachelor's degree. Employment is expected to grow much faster than average. Job prospects vary ... http://www.arkansasinterpreting.com/2010/03/21/job-information-from-bureau-of-labor-statistics/ A lot of the legal terminology that I gained, before I started studying for the interpreter certification exam, was through the John Grisham books. Many of his books have been made into movies.   So I thought, maybe watching the court proceedings in these movies and interpreting them at the ... http://www.arkansasinterpreting.com/2009/10/16/can-watching-movies-help-with-spanish-vocabulary/ Yadi did some interpreting the other day in a court and got a ton of great feedback about how well she interpreted.  That was really a confidence booster, until you think about the credentials of those who did the evaluation.  None of them spoke any more Spanish than what is ... http://www.arkansasinterpreting.com/2009/09/22/can-non-bilingual-people-make-critiques-about-interpreters/ There is a really good article about the need for legal interpreters on the interpretereducationonline.com blog.  I have never heard of an interpreter being requested or provided at a civil court here in our area.  This is definately something to watch. According to a study recently conducted by the New York ... http://www.arkansasinterpreting.com/2009/09/16/lack-of-interpreters-for-civil-courts/ By Holly Herman There is a great article here in readingeagle.com about a Spanish interpreter and what a typical day for her looks like.  I think it is great, because it gives a great picture of the daily drill for an interpreter. Here is the text of the article: Ana I. Toro ... http://www.arkansasinterpreting.com/2009/09/11/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-court-interpreter/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="124" caption="FAQ"][/caption] Every respectable website has a FAQ.  So not to be outdone, we have posted a FAQ page here. This FAQ includes the following questions: What do court interpreters do? Is simultaneous interpreting difficult? What does it take to become a competent court interpreter? What is the difference between interpretation and translation? What ... http://www.arkansasinterpreting.com/2009/09/10/new-faq-page/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="120" caption="Court Interpreters"][/caption] How can lawyers sense that they've been given a chance to work with an excellent deposition interpreter?  When in the deposition process do the deposing attorneys stop wondering: "What if this deposition interpreter is just so-so"?  What should our clients- attorneys-at-law and law firms that ... http://www.arkansasinterpreting.com/2009/09/07/importance-of-qualified-interpreters-for-depositions/ Being a translator or an interpreter from Spanish to English and English to Spanish can be rough even for the pros.  My wife is a native Spanish speaker who has spent most of her life around friends and family who also speak English.  Even so, there are times when she ... http://www.arkansasinterpreting.com/2009/09/04/spanish-translation-iphone-apps/