Legal / Court Interpreter Certification

Legal / Court Interpreter Training and Certification Course

8 weeks in-class course (64 hours) taught by experienced Spanish/English simultaneous interpreters.

Pre requisite: Candidates must be fluently bilingual in English-Spanish-English and complete a personal interview and evaluation to be accepted into course and must attend all classes and complete all homework and in class assignments to graduate.

• 15 Hours of Terminology Building
• 15 Hours of Simultaneous Interpretation
• 15 Hours of Consecutive Interpretation
• 15 Hours of Sight Translation

Week 1 

• Role of the court interpreter in the U.S. legal system
• Federal Certification
• State Certification
• Intro to simultaneous, consecutive and sight interpretation
• Terminology building (Anatomy & Physiology for interpreters)
• Simultaneous interpretation
• Consecutive Interpretation
• Sight Translation

Week 2 

• 1 hour: Terminology building (Anatomy & Physiology for interpreters)
• 1 hour: Simultaneous interpretation
• 1 hour: Consecutive interpretation
• 1 hour: Sight translation
• 1 hour: Terminology building (Drug terminology for interpreters)
• 1 hour: Simultaneous interpretation
• 1 hour: Consecutive interpretation
• 1 hour: Sight translation

Week 3 

• 1 hour: Terminology building (Drug terminology for interpreters)
• 1 hour: Simultaneous interpretation
• 1 hour: Consecutive interpretation
• 1 hour: Sight translation
• 1 hour: Terminology building (Intro to weaponry for interpreters)
• 1 hour: Simultaneous interpretation
• 1 hour: Consecutive interpretation
• 1 hour: Sight translation

Week 4 

• 1 hour: Terminology building (Intro to weaponry for interpreters)
• 1 hour: Simultaneous interpretation
• 1 hour: Consecutive interpretation
• 1 hour: Sight translation
• 1 hour: Terminology building (Legal Procedures)
• 1 hour: Simultaneous interpretation
• 1 hour: Consecutive interpretation
• 1 hour: Sight translation

Week 5 

• 1 hour: Terminology building (Legal Procedures)
• 1 hour: Simultaneous interpretation
• 1 hour: Consecutive interpretation
• 1 hour: Sight translation
• 1 hour: Terminology building (Legal Procedures)
• 1 hour: Simultaneous interpretation
• 1 hour: Consecutive interpretation
• 1 hour: Sight translation

Week 6 

• 1 hour: Terminology building (Civil Action)
• 1 hour: Simultaneous interpretation
• 1 hour: Consecutive interpretation
• 1 hour: Sight translation
• 1 hour: Terminology building (Civil Action)
• 1 hour: Simultaneous interpretation
• 1 hour: Consecutive interpretation
• 1 hour: Sight translation

Week 7 

• 1 hour: Terminology building (Forensic Pathology)
• 1 hour: Simultaneous interpretation
• 1 hour: Consecutive interpretation
• 1 hour: Sight translation
• 1 hour: Terminology building (Slang and Taboo Expressions)
• 1 hour: Simultaneous interpretation
• 1 hour: Consecutive interpretation
• 1 hour: Sight translation

Week 8 

• 1 hour: Intro to Local Courts (Juvenile, Traffic, Family)
• 1 hour: Simultaneous interpretation
• 1 hour: Consecutive interpretation
• 1 hour: Sight translation
• 2 hours: Court Interpreter Ethics and Professional Conduct
• 1 hour: Linguistic and cultural diverse for translators and interpreters.
• 1 hour: General review

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