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Court Interpreter Certification Exam Preparation Training

Language Neutral

When: June 27 & 28, and July 11, 2009

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Instructors: Bea Cabrera , US/MN Certified Court Interpreter

Silvia McCalip, Esq.

Where: William Mitchell College of Law, Room 123

Fee: * $180 for this three-day training

*Reduced tuition may be available for persons seeking to become certified interpreters in languages that are under-represented or not represented on the Statewide Roster of Court Interpreters. Please check with Peggy Baum (contact information is below).

Space may be limited for persons seeking to become certified Spanish interpreters.

|Register now! Space is limited. First 20 to enroll and pay will attend. You must register by June 15, 2009. |

Court interpreters play a vital role in court proceedings that involve foreign language speaking individuals as litigants or witnesses. Court interpretation is a highly specialized form of interpreting that cannot be effectively performed without commensurate specialized training and skills. The court interpreter’s job is to produce a linguistically true and legally appropriate interpretation of the meaning from source to target language.

The Minnesota Court Interpreter Program is pleased to announce Court Interpreter Certification Exam Preparation Training – Language Neutral on June 27, 28 and July 11, 2009. This three day training seminar is intensive and advanced. It will help interpreters who are preparing for the court certification exam, to enhance the interpreting skills needed to pass the Certification Exam.

Prerequisites for the training are:

A. Participants in this training should already be fluent in their non-English language at levels equivalent to that of highly educated native speakers.

B. Participants MUST read Overview of the Oral Performance Examination before the training.

The learning objectives of these courses are:

A. Assess own language skills;

B. Understand the three modes of interpreting; and

C. Provide students an opportunity to practice their skills.

The topics for the three day training are:

June 27: Sight Translation and Simultaneous Interpretation I

June 28: Simultaneous Interpretation II

July 11: Consecutive interpretation

Things required for the training are:

A. Participants MUST purchase a Court Interpreter Practice Examination Kit -- All-English and bring it to the workshop (the instructor will use the kit throughout the training). The purchase instruction is at this link: .

B. Participants MUST bring two dictionaries: one for English to English and one for English to your native language.

C. Participants MUST bring the following with them to this workshop:

• A cassette recorder

• A 90 or 120 minute blank tape

• A portable CD player and headset

Registration Form

Court Interpreter Certification Exam Preparation Training

– Language Neutral

Register now! Space is limited. First 20 to enroll and pay will attend. You must register by June 15, 2009.

Please make check or money order payable to:

MN Court Interpreter Program

Send registration and payment to:

MN Court Interpreter Program

105 Minnesota Judicial Center

25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

St. Paul, MN 55155

Registration must be received with payment by June 15, 2009. A lack of registrations by that date may result in cancelling the event.

Once applications are accepted, participants will receive written confirmation and directions to William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul. The registration fee is non-refundable and non-transferable; it cannot be applied to future Court Interpreter Programs. However the registration fee will be returned to any applicant not accepted due to space limitations or cancellation of program.

Questions email Peggy Baum at Peggy.Baum@courts.state.mn.us or call

(651) 205-4206.

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