Come for the Curitiba Summer HIT, the second edition of a very successful High Intensity Interpreter Training workshop for interpreters with Portuguese C or planning to add Portuguese to their language combination. Once again, novice Portuguese A interpreters will be around to give feedback and you can also choose to have optional private or small-group Portuguese lessons with … [Read more...]
Whatever Could Be Said
By Ewandro Magalhães On September 10, 1934, a speech was made in Nuremberg that would change the world forever. Thousands of fanatical German youths stood in well-trimmed phalanxes on Zeppelin Field as an awe-inspiring and eloquent Adolf Hitler brought the 6th Nazi Party Congress to a close. … [Read more...]
Workshop: Interpreting Profanity
As if it was not hard enough to interpret "medicalese", sometimes we are faced with emotionally charged situations at the doctor's office, where patients or family members blurt out insults, euphemisms and the like! How do we interpret that? Alvaro Vergara offers a workshop just to handle these kinds of situations. Attend this upcoming workshop and earn CEUs. More instructions … [Read more...]
Department of Justice
The Department of Justice is developing an acquisition strategy to provide on-site and telephonic language interpreter services in support of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). For more information visit the page: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=52ef8a4990e11e88acaff7c5076ec715&tab=core&_cview=0 … [Read more...]
Webinar: Ethics for Court Interpreters
Ethics for Court Interpreters is an online language-neutral webinar offered in two sessions. This workshop is designed to familiarize you with the Code of Ethics for court interpreters. Through discussions and exercises with the trainer and other participants, you will acquire the tools to successfully navigate situations where ethical considerations are at stake. … [Read more...]