Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination (FCICE) Registration Opens: April 16, 2012 at 8:30am EST Registration Closes: June 1, 2012 at 5:00pm EST IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS The next FCICE examination to be administered is the Phase One Written Examination in 2012. For the first time, the NCSC has subcontracted with Prometric, Inc. for the … [Read more...]
Court Translation Service in Crisis after Cost-Cutting Deal | Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) UK | Channel 4 News | 26 April 2012
A government deal aimed at cutting the cost of court translation services, results in a boycott by interpreters and additional cost to the taxpayer, Channel 4 News has learned. A government deal with Applied Language Solutions (ALS) was supposed to cut £18m off the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) bill for court translation services in England and Wales - around 23 per cent of … [Read more...]
Nevada Court Interpreters Protest Wage Cuts |PRI’s The World | By Jason Margolis | April 24, 2012
There’s a crisis in the British courts – many court interpreters are refusing to work. They’re protesting a new contract with lower wages. The protest is resulting in postponed hearings, suspects being released, and extra costs for the courts. In the US, many courts throughout the nation have also been cutting wages for interpreters. And now in Nevada, some interpreters are … [Read more...]
National Center for Interpretation| University of Arizona | Posted: March 2012
The National Center for Interpretation at the University of Arizona understands that interpretation is both an art and a science, requiring very specialized training. With this in mind, NCI has designed a number of different training workshops and institutes for: • Legal/Court Interpretation • Medical/Healthcare Interpretation • Professional Translation Our trainings, … [Read more...]
“Dare to be different. Write a new page.” | By Marcela Jenney-Reyes
Recently the Tonight Show had the legendary comedian Bill Cosby as a guest. Besides cracking me up and robbing me of my precious hours of sleep, he joked around with different expressions that are part of our day-to-day conversations. One especially struck a chord with me: “I just want to make sure we are on the same page.” This idiom, commonly used to confirm we are talking … [Read more...]