What You'll Master in This Course
Identify the linguistic and cognitive demands of simultaneous interpreting in court settings.
Apply strategies for listening, processing, and reformulating spoken language in real time while the source speaker continues speaking.
Maintain accurate and complete target-language output while managing pace, register, tone, and professional delivery.
Practice simultaneous interpreting using representative courtroom material, and evaluate performance to identify common difficulties and strategies for improvement.
Your Instructor
Silvia Gómez Juárez
Federally Certified Court Interpreter | Louisiana Supreme Court-Certified Spanish Interpreter | Certified Healthcare Interpreter (CHI™–Spanish) | De la Mora Institute of Interpretation Licensed Trainer | M.A.
Silvia is a Spanish–English court interpreter and trainer with experience in federal and state court proceedings. She also provides professional development for interpreters, with an emphasis on practical skills, accuracy, and professional standards. This webinar draws on her experience in court interpreting and interpreter training to address the specific linguistic and cognitive demands of sight translation in judicial settings.
Strengthen Your Simultaneous-Interpreting Skills
Simultaneous interpreting requires court interpreters to listen to, process, and reformulate spoken language in real time while the source speaker continues speaking, maintaining accuracy, completeness, and professional delivery. This two-hour live webinar is designed for professional court interpreters working in the Louisiana judicial system. Through instructor demonstrations, guided simultaneous exercises, courtroom language practice, and simulated judicial scenarios, participants will develop practical strategies for managing the cognitive demands of simultaneous interpreting. In this webinar, you will learn to: Identify the basic principles and cognitive demands of simultaneous court interpreting. Apply strategies for listening, processing, anage output while managing pace, register, tone, and delivery. Apply strategies for managing complex syntax and specialized legal terminology. Identify common simultaneous-interpreting difficulties and use corrective strategies to improve performance. Format: Live online webinar via Zoom Duration: 2 hours Continuing Education: 2 CEUs approved by the Louisiana Supreme Court (LASC), subject to the terms of the course approval.
Ready to Strengthen Your Simultaneous-Interpreting Skills?
Through guided simultaneous exercises, courtroom language practice, and simulated judicial scenarios, you will develop strategies for processing spoken language in real time, managing pace and specialized legal terminology, and maintaining accuracy and completeness while the source speaker continues speaking.
$25.00