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By: Rosemary Dann

Issue: 2016 Summer Volume XXVIV Issue No 2

2016 Conference Round-up By Rosemary Dann I <3> BEING AN INTERPRETATOR INTERPRETOR INTERRUPTOR I-N-T-E-R-P-R-E-T-E-R That’s the official NAJIT shirt that made its debut at the 2016 Annual Meeting and Educational Conference, and both the shirt and the conference were a hit! The shirt, in navy or...

By: Hal Sillers

Issue: 2016 Summer Volume XXVIV Issue No 2

By Hal Sillers Time is short when we’re in court, As the docket we survey. For criminal court or a civil tort The message we convey. We sight translate, don’t hesitate, And meaning we purvey. In “simul” mode we are not slowed By speech that...

By: Guest

Issue: 2016 Summer Volume XXVIV Issue No 2

Resources for Interpreters The Savvy Newcomer NYC helps freelancers avoid non-payment Revision, editing and proofreading explained Grammar resources for professionals Simultaneous interpreting tips Video: How interpreters juggle two languages at once Language Issues in the News Finding Nemo dubbed into Navajo Could robots help kids...

By: Guest

Issue: 2016 Summer Volume XXVIV Issue No 2

Translation is the art of erasing oneself in order to speak in another’s voice. –David Cole The translator is the only one who truly reads a text and reads it in its profundity, in all its layers, weighing and appraising every word and every image...

By: Daniel DeCoursey

Issue: 2016 Summer Volume XXVIV Issue No 2

By Dan DeCoursey Why do Court Interpreters Wear Such Unfashionable Shoes? Court interpreters must think on their feet, literally, because often there is no place for them to sit on the witness stand. Some days court interpreting resembles firefighting as interpreters scramble to cover unexpected...

By: Guest

Issue: 2016 Summer Volume XXVIV Issue No 2

By Maria Teresa Perez I was born in Spain and immigrated to the United States in 1975. My first exposure to consistent conversational English was in California. Their version of the spoken language is different from other parts of the country, just as in New...

By: Guest

Issue: 2016 Summer Volume XXVIV Issue No 2

By Cecilia Golumbeanu The online Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines the word backlash as “a sudden violent backward movement or reaction; the play between adjacent movable parts (as in a series of gears),” and as “a strong adverse reaction (as to a recent political or social...

By: JPalma

Issue: 2016 Summer Volume XXVIV Issue No 2

By Janis Palma (Editor’s note: republished with permission from the NAJIT blog, dated 5/27/2016) Yes, I heard someone use that word during the NAJIT conference this past May 14 & 15 in San Antonio, Texas. And it was so fitting! The energy in the air...

By: Agustin de la Mora

Issue: 2016 Summer Volume XXVIV Issue No 2

By Agustín de la Mora (Editor’s note: republished with permission from De la Mora Interpreter Training dated 5/17/16: http://interpreter-training.com/2016/06/15/a-call-to-arms-to-all-interpreters/) Dear Colleagues, I just came back from the NAJIT convention in San Antonio this past weekend, and I'm glad to report that it was a great...

By: Guest

Issue: 2016 Summer Volume XXVIV Issue No 2

By: Heba Abou Alsaad I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to attend the NAJIT conference in San Antonio, Texas. The sessions were very educational and informative, the extra knowledge I acquired about the field was great, and the number and quality of...