By Cristina McDowell Interview of Melinda González-Hibner by Cristina McDowell For many of you Melinda does not need an introduction. I first met Melinda at the ATA Conference in Chicago in 2014. She immediately struck me as a person who was open, engaging, and helpful. Melinda is an accomplished interpreter (she is a state and federally certified … [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...]
Reflections on the NAJIT Conference
by Dan DeCoursey Article featured in the summer 2011 issue of Proteus, a publication by the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT) www.najit.org. Reprinted with permission from writer. A colleague once told an anecdote about an attorney who asked him to interpret a legal phrase into Spanish. When the interpreter did so, the attorney … [Read more...]