Court-Certified Interpreter – Simultaneous

Role Overview

• Provide simultaneous and/or consecutive onsite or video remote interpretation services to Prisma clients in the state of California.
• Interpret specialized topics including legal matters, water board hearings, science, engineering, and health.

Requirements

• Simultaneous and consecutive onsite & video remote interpretation for non-English speakers with a state government representative.
• Effective review and understanding of all necessary background documents prior to assignments.
• Strong experience using virtual interpretation tools (e.g., Zoom).
• Ability to use tabletop sound booths, interpreter control units, FM transmitters, and headset/receivers.
• Polite forms of expression, enunciation, and a high-level of customer service.
• Correct concepts and meanings between the speaker and the Limited English Proficient (LEP) speaker.
• Correct grammar, clarity, and tone between English and the other language.
• Experience with following the speaker’s direction, professionally interject when clarification is needed, and managing the flow of a conversation.
• Refrain from side conversations with the LEP and entering into any disagreement with the customer or LEP.
• Professional appearance, polite demeanor, and being punctual.
• Compliance with applicable ethics and standards.
• Court-certified in California or U.S. Federal Courts. ***You will be asked to provide a copy of your certification. Applicants who do not provide a current court-certified Interpreter certificate will be disqualified (ineligible).
• Full fluency in English and the other language.
• Two years of onsite/video remote simultaneous interpreting experience.
• Three professional references who can confirm your status as a court-certified interpreter.
• Trained or accredited through a higher education institution.
• Minimum age: 18+ years or older
• Minimum education: High School Diploma