Legal Interpreting

What I learned last year to make ATA54 work even better!

Last year ATA53 in San Diego was fantastic! I did learn a few things that I believe will make ATA54 in San Antonio even better. I will share with you the blog I published about that experience last year.  Then, I will share a few new thing I plan to do. I can never say […]

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Growing your Business through Tribe building.

In this blog I would like to talk about not just networking, but Tribe Building. When I first started my business, I joined the Chamber of Commerce and regularly participated in committees. This was very time consuming and was a waste of time and investment for me.

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Managing Stress through Exercise

A while back, I read an article critical of interpreters working in pairs at court. They viewed it as a waste and misuse of tax money to have two interpreters sitting together getting paid to take turns. It was obvious to me that the monolingual writer of the article had absolutely no idea how hard

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Steps four and five to planning a great sales/marketing strategy for 2013

On the first half of the blog we talked about the first three steps for creating a great sales/marketing strategy for 2013. Step one is the cleanup, step two is setting goals, and step three is the dream boards. 4.  Create my cookbook (1/2 day)

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Certified Court Interpreter – Finally

Alfonso Interpreting & Transporting, Inc. (AITI) is happy to announce that on Monday, October 29, 2012, Emily Ortiz Alfonso was designated as a certified court interpreter by the South Carolina Court Administration.

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A Sight for Sore Ears

The court reporter greeted me and declared “I’m so happy to see you.  The last few interpreters have been awful.  The agencies have been sending them.” Hearing stories like these make me glow with pride.  It means that my clients and related parties respect the service I perform.  They are secure in the knowledge that

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Assault and Butchery (linguistic interference)

I would imagine that a native Japanese speaker may cringe upon conversing with a Japanese-American.  Portuguese nationals may be appalled by Brazilian Portuguese.  There has been much jesting on the part of Britons that Americans have corrupted English. Have you ever heard of linguistic (or language) interference?  Honestly, I never heard the term until July

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ATA 53rd annual conference first time experience part 1. The Social experience

I can never say enough about the importance of making connections. Some connections might result in work, but for me, it is more about getting to know people who inspire me to continue growing in excellence. I felt honored and humbled to share with some of the greatest interpreters and translators in the world! What

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Confirming Calls

Some of our clients will send us an e-mail with the name of the claimant and his contact info and saying “please take care of it.” I know what that means. It means that our company needs to contact the patient and get whatever information that is lacking in order to bill the case. It

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