Comments on: NCTA Prep Workshop: CA Written Exam for Court Interpreters http://www.nitaonline.org/news/2010/01/ncta-prep-workshop-ca-written-exam-for-court-interpreters/ the Nevada Interpreters and Translators Association Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:33:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: NITA Administrator http://www.nitaonline.org/news/2010/01/ncta-prep-workshop-ca-written-exam-for-court-interpreters/comment-page-1/#comment-152 NITA Administrator Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:53:19 +0000 http://www.nitaonline.org/?p=1216#comment-152 Hi Yadira - I'm going off the information shown <a title="NCTA Workshops" href="http://ncta.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=7" rel="nofollow">on the NCTA site</a> but I have a hunch that so soon after the previous workshop (last Jan 30) specific to the CA court interpreter written exam, it'll be a while. I suggest keeping an eye on the information under the previous link, and more generally, their <a title="NCTA Calendar of Events" href="http://ncta.org/calendar.cfm" rel="nofollow">Calendar of Events</a>. If you're based in California, it's a very good idea to get in touch with the NCTA, and consider joining them. They do a lot of very solid professional development work, and especially for court interpreters there's really a lot to benefit from their membership. Tell 'em NITA sent you! ;-) If you're going to take the written exam: good luck - and try and prepare especially well for the oral! Just a few tips for the written: work on good, solid and particularly fast text comprehension in both your languages, work on legal (especially criminal) terminology, and above all: make good use of the information provided through the CA <a href="http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/courtinterpreters/" rel="nofollow">Court Interpreter Program</a>, especially the <a href="http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/courtinterpreters/ethics.htm" rel="nofollow">Professional Standards and Ethics</a>. As to language level required to pass the exam: very proficient (i.e. "highly advanced") in both languages. For success with the oral, you have to also have excellent interpreting skills. Good luck! Hi Yadira – I’m going off the information shown on the NCTA site but I have a hunch that so soon after the previous workshop (last Jan 30) specific to the CA court interpreter written exam, it’ll be a while. I suggest keeping an eye on the information under the previous link, and more generally, their Calendar of Events. If you’re based in California, it’s a very good idea to get in touch with the NCTA, and consider joining them. They do a lot of very solid professional development work, and especially for court interpreters there’s really a lot to benefit from their membership. Tell ‘em NITA sent you! ;-)

If you’re going to take the written exam: good luck – and try and prepare especially well for the oral! Just a few tips for the written: work on good, solid and particularly fast text comprehension in both your languages, work on legal (especially criminal) terminology, and above all: make good use of the information provided through the CA Court Interpreter Program, especially the Professional Standards and Ethics. As to language level required to pass the exam: very proficient (i.e. “highly advanced”) in both languages. For success with the oral, you have to also have excellent interpreting skills. Good luck!

]]> By: Yadira http://www.nitaonline.org/news/2010/01/ncta-prep-workshop-ca-written-exam-for-court-interpreters/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Yadira Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:40:53 +0000 http://www.nitaonline.org/?p=1216#comment-151 When will the next written exam workshop get scheduled? At what level of spanish proficiency would you need to be to attend? Thank you When will the next written exam workshop get scheduled? At what level of spanish proficiency would you need to be to attend?

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