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Becoming a court interpreter | ||
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| Taps Diglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4842 days ago 15 posts - 22 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 1 of 10 11 July 2012 at 5:30am | IP Logged |
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Hi everyone,
I've just come back home (to the US) after studying abroad in Spain for six months. I have one year of college left and I'm starting to think about what I might what to do after graduating. I received an email from my academic advisor about an opportunity working as an English-Spanish court interpreter in Philadelphia, where I live. It seems like a great and interesting opportunity but I don't know much about it. Has anyone on here ever worked as a court interpreter? How was it? Did you enjoy your work? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| eggcluck Senior Member China Joined 4703 days ago 168 posts - 278 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese | Message 2 of 10 11 July 2012 at 8:11am | IP Logged |
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I have never worked in the industry but part of my Uni course involved law. I found the whole thing to be quite dry and mind numbingly boring.
Chair polishers complicating language trying to justify their jobs. I found it quite similar to those that proclaim actions *cough* I mean 'TPR' as this great new language learning thing and giving long horrible names for the same reason. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6381 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 10 11 July 2012 at 8:24am | IP Logged |
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Eggcluck I don't understand how your post is at all related to Taps's question. Edited by newyorkeric on 11 July 2012 at 8:24am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| eggcluck Senior Member China Joined 4703 days ago 168 posts - 278 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese | Message 4 of 10 11 July 2012 at 9:00am | IP Logged |
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" part of my Uni course involved law. I found the whole thing to be quite dry and mind numbingly boring. "
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| newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6381 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 10 11 July 2012 at 9:01am | IP Logged |
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Yes, I saw that but the job that Taps is describing will have little to nothing to do with your experience taking a law class.
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| eggcluck Senior Member China Joined 4703 days ago 168 posts - 278 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese | Message 6 of 10 11 July 2012 at 9:15am | IP Logged |
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Law is law, he would still be spending hours buried in law books and staring at legal documents.
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| newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6381 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 10 11 July 2012 at 9:17am | IP Logged |
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Actually the job Taps is describing is interpreting witness testimony and aside from being located in a court room will have little to do with law.
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| eggcluck Senior Member China Joined 4703 days ago 168 posts - 278 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese | Message 8 of 10 11 July 2012 at 9:23am | IP Logged |
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Actually no where in the question was that mentioned. A lot has been infered from a general statement.
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