Emily Alfonso

Technology in the Carolinas Courts: 2024 Update part 1

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / Emily Alfonso / August 31, 2024

I’m gratified to resume blogging in 2024. Since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, much has changed for me professionally and personally. Nevertheless, we’ve implemented many positive features. We’ve also observed where progress is stagnant. Almost three years ago, this blog discussed the impact of virtual court proceedings involving deaf/hard-of-hearing and limited English proficient parties in […]

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Moving on down

Business, CPR and First Aid, Safety / Emily Alfonso / September 27, 2022 / interpreting, Safety training, Translation

Here we grow again! Archway Safety & Language has a new home. We are no longer on Wade Hampton Blvd. Now we are off Wade Hampton. This month we moved into Suite 307B at 1 Chick Springs Road in Greenville, South Carolina. We offer first aid, CPR, OSHA, safety, and interpreter training. Although our offerings

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Emily’s September 11

Experience / Emily Alfonso / September 14, 2022 / experience, September 11

Twenty-one years and two days ago, I knew exactly where I was. That beautiful Tuesday morning, so sunny and bright, I took my oldest child to school. I was enjoying my last week of maternity leave in Brooklyn, New York. My hometown is safer now than when I was a teenager. I cherish many fond

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Virtual Meetings and Events Define the 2020s

Interpreting / Emily Alfonso / November 20, 2021 / Depositions, Hybrid Interpreting, interpreter ethics, interpreting, language services, Translation, Virtual Interpreting

Two thousand twenty – the year of the virtual meeting! Whatever sectors had been resisting technology were suddenly thrust into it. Sometimes change is gradual; it can also be abrupt and forceful. When quarantine mandates occurred in March of 2020, all interpreting and consulting work came to a swift halt. We had no idea when

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Virtual Court Proceedings: Friend or Foe?

Legal Interpreting / Emily Alfonso / September 25, 2021 / language services, Legal Interpreting, Virtual Court

In 1964, Title XI of the Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination based on race, color, or national origin (limited English proficiency (LEP)). In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted. Their purpose is to ensure equal access by individuals who are protected by these laws. Agencies who receive federal funding must overcome the physical

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Technology in the Carolinas Courts: 2024 Update part 1

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Emily’s September 11

Virtual Meetings and Events Define the 2020s

Virtual Court Proceedings: Friend or Foe?

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