JOB
Under general supervision, to provide consecutive and simultaneous interpreting services for persons who do not speak English or who have difficulty understanding and expressing themselves in English; to be responsible for interpreting all verbal and sight translating all written communication pertaining to the matter being heard; to interpret statements made by judges, attorneys, and expert witnesses, all of whom frequently use legal and technical terminology, and to interpret statements of defendants or other parties, some of whom may possess very limited language skills; and to do related work as required. REPORTS TO: The Court Executive Officer or designee.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONSPerforming accurate simultaneous and consecutive interpretation from English to Spanish and vice versa in court proceedings for non-English speaking defendants and witnesses. Assists attorneys representing non-English speaking defendants by interpreting before, during and after courtroom proceedings, conducting interviews relative to pre-hearing testimony and post-hearing orders. Performs sight translation of court documents.May be required to assists court staff by interpreting for customers during office visits and incoming calls. May be required to provide interpreting services using Video Remote Interpreting equipment.EXAMPLES OF DUTIES The following is used as a partial description and is not restrictive as to the duties required. Depending on assignment, duties may include, but are not limited to, the following: Interprets from English to Spanish and vice versa using simultaneous and consecutive modes at court proceedings and for other court related departments at the discretion of the court; Makes sigh translations of documents such as petitions, reports, waivers, felony disposition statement forms and other documents; Interprets for judges, attorneys, court staff and other court-related departments at the direction of the Court; Interprets between languages in court proceedings; Brings to the attention any items that may impede the interpreters’ performance; Receives daily calendar assignments and accurately completes the daily activities logs or other documentation as required; Coordinates and arranges for coverage of court calendars when more than one interpreter is needed; Perform other language interpretation duties as assigned, such as providing general court information to the non-English speaking public, translating forms for the court and process documents related to interpretation.
