Teaching Legal Interpreting (From Proceedings of the Second Annual Institute for Court Interpreters, P 89-108, 1990 -- See NCJ-127550)

• NCJ Number: 127553
• Author(s): S Garcia-Rangel
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 20 pages
• Sale Source: New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This presentation examines the rationale for training legal interpreters and the content of training programs. It focuses in particular on the course taught under the auspices of the NJ-CELIT.

Abstract

It presents a brief overview of the development of the interpreters profession. An interpreters career should include development of language skills, translating/interpreting skills, professional attitude, terminology and documentation, test-taking skills, business practice, stress reduction, job assignments, and continuing education. Current training programs include the certification program at Georgetown University and at the University of California in Los Angeles. The Legal Interpreting I for Practicing Interpreters course developed by NJ-CELIT focuses on development of information-processing skills for consecutive and simultaneous interpretation. It teaches oral and aural skills, public speaking, memory development, language switching, and listening and notetaking. Developing recall, research skills and terminology, characteristics of legal language, and type of speech in different stages of a court case are also covered. 6 figures and 11 notes