MR. KNOW-IT-ALL/DON SABELOTODO

You may recognize this week’s guest author from some of his previous NAJIT Blog contributions, including last summer’s “ Holly is a Big Deal in Ohio “, posted on August 15th 2014.  I’m pleased to announce John Shaklee is joining the Blog team. While we work out the logistics, here is a post on his behalf. – Kevin

After twenty plus years in the business I become lazy in learning. I know what words will come up in teaching a mother to feed her premature child. What respectable court interpreter doesn’t have arraignment at the tip of her tongue? Back in graduate school http://www.kent.edu/appling a professor suggested we read thirty minutes each day in each languages. As my first ATA mentor Rudy Heller says, por si las moscas/just in case , so today’s reading exercise turned into a blogpost. I share this method through the assistance of El Pais http://www.elpais.com and a word list.

METHODOLOGY

I fired up my spanking new MacBook Air (a sixtieth birthday present from my Jeff) and tooled on over to El Pais. A quick scan produced an article that appealed to my legal and medical curiosities. After two or three readings, new terms appeared with others I thought I already knew. My list follows. I also write out sentences to increase memory instead of memorizing only the words.

Please read through and find words that catch your attention. Then, you’ll have terms available to pass an oral exam or dazzle your client when you don’t stumble with cadaver. How so? Last week on assignment cadaver slipped my mind and I said cuerpos muertos instead. My colleague Silvia claimed that was a good catch.

Enjoy your hour today.

http://iate.europa.eu/SearchByQueryLoad.do?method=load InterActive Terminology for Europe

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/spanish-english/reyerta Collins Spanish-English Dictionary

http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2015/08/16/actualidad/1439719800_284517.html