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• January 4, 2025: Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Remote session)

  • When
    01/04/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Online
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  Court Interpreter Orientation Course - Remote

  Orientation Workshop Agenda
   

  8:00           Arrive at venue - TBA 

  8:15           Introductions; Discussion of Courtroom & History of Process

  9:00           Ethics Quiz

  9:20           Role of the Interpreter- Code of Ethics

  10:00         Virtual break

  10:15         Continuation of Interpreter Ethics

  11:00         Review of Ethics Quiz   

  11:15         Court Interpreting video

  11:20         Q & A

  12:00         LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

  1:00           Criminal Procedure/Vocabulary Quiz  

  1:20           Organization of Texas Courts

  1:30           Discussion of Criminal Procedure, Cognates and Legal Terminology

  2:00           Demonstration of Court Interpreter Video

  2:15           Modes of Interpreting: Sight, Consecutive and Simultaneous

  3:00           Short virtual break              

  3:15           Interpreting Protocols

                       In Court

                       Depositions

                       Client Interviews

                       Debriefings              

  3:45          Sight translations - introductory exercise & practice tips

  4:15          Consecutive Interpreting-  Introductory exercise & practice tips

  4:45          Simultaneous-  Protocols (including teams), Introduction to

                      use of equipment and Introductory exercise

  5:30          Next Steps, Q & A &Evaluations

  6:00          Get Certificates - Disconnect from Zoom

  All orientation participants receive a one-year free Associate Membership to TAJIT!
  

  Videos of Interest:

  http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/JCS/interpreterSvcs/interpreterVideo.asp

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnGgia8dNKU

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJsQjVHe6AQ

  For more information:
  Contact: Cristina Helmerichs, D.
  Email: cristina@cristinahelmerichsd.com

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