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    • 04/26/2025
    • 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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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

    • 08/02/2025
    • 8:00 AM
    • 08/03/2025
    • 3:00 AM
    • To be advised

    Planning is underway for TAJIT's 2025 Annual Conference, to be held on August 2-3, 2025

    This annual event offers training and networking opportunities for judicial translators and interpreters, and provides CEPs for Texas licensed court interpreters. TAJIT membership is not required for attendance. 

    The location and other details will be provided as soon as they are available. 

    Until then, watch this space, and mark your calendars for August 2-3, 2025

Past events

04/10/2025 TAJIT Thursday Workshop: Navigating Latin American Spanish Dialects
02/01/2025 February 1, 2025 Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Remote session)
08/10/2024 August 10, 2024 Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Remote session)
08/03/2024 2024 Annual Conference
08/02/2024 Pre-Conference event Friday, August 2, 2024
04/06/2024 April 6, 2024 Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Remote session)
01/13/2024 January 13, 2024: Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Remote session)
10/14/2023 October 14, 2023 Court Interpreter Orientation Course for Spoken Language Interpreters (Austin)
08/26/2023 August 26, 2023 Court Interpreter Orientation Course for Spoken Language Interpreters (Remote)
07/08/2023 2023 TAJIT Conference & Annual Meeting
05/06/2023 May 2023 Court Interpreter Orientation Course for Spoken Language Interpreters
03/25/2023 March 2023 Court Interpreter Orientation Course for Spoken Language Interpreters
11/05/2022 November 2022 Court Interpreter Orientation Course for Spoken Language Interpreters
10/01/2022 October 2022 Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Remote session)
09/24/2022 TAJIT ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2022 'The Challenges of Our New Reality'
09/10/2022 September 2022 Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Remote session)
10/02/2021 TAJIT ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 'TOOLS, STRATEGIES & IDEAS'
11/07/2020 Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Port Isabel)
09/12/2020 2020 TAJIT Annual Conference
04/11/2020 2020 Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Austin)
02/01/2020 2020 Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Austin)
11/02/2019 CE Workshop @ UT-RGV (Brownsville)
11/02/2019 TAJIT Ethics & Skills Building Workshop at UTRGV, Brownsville, TX
10/19/2019 Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Austin)
07/27/2019 2019 TAJIT Annual Conference
07/13/2019 Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Austin)
04/20/2019 Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Austin)
10/06/2018 Austin Orientation

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