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• Pre-Conference event Friday, August 2, 2024

  • When
    08/02/2024
  •  
    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Waco, Texas

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  Come early to the 2024 Annual TAJIT Conference and Member Meeting, and enjoy this special event! 

  Visit to McLennan County Court at Law
  3:00 - 5:00 p.m.  - Waco, Texas
  
  This special, pre-conference event is open to all registered conference attendees at no charge, but is not included in your conference registration. In addition, space is limited.
  
  If you are interested in this event, you must register for this event separately, in addition to your conference registration, in order to attend. 
  
  Instructions will be provided to registered attendees the week before the conference. 

  
  

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• 2024 Annual Conference

  • Start
    08/03/2024
  •  
  • End
    08/04/2024
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Waco, Texas
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  2024 Annual Conference of the Texas Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (TAJIT) 

  When: August 3-4, 2024

  Where: Hilton Waco, 113 South University Parks Drive, Waco, TX 

  FULL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

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• August 10, 2024 Court Interpreter Orientation Course (Remote session)

  • When
    08/10/2024
  •  
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Online
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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

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