Terminology Practice and Business Ethics for Court Interpreters in Austin

Terminology Practice and Business Ethics for Court Interpreters

This TDLR-approved* workshop will feature 3 hours of ethics training and 5 hours of terminology training and practice. TDLR-licensed court interpreters will receive 8 hours of CE credit, enabling them to fulfill their entire continuing education requirement for the year.

Code of Professional Conduct in Court Interpreting will explore business ethics and review the nine cannons of the Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Texas court interpreters.

Terminology Practice will focus on terminology found in forms and other materials that court interpreters may be called upon to sight translate, with plenty of opportunity for discussion and practice. 

The workshop will be conducted in English and will be non-language-specific, although some Spanish terminology will be discussed.

The workshop is intended mainly for court interpreters licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) who are seeking to fulfill their TDLR continuing education requirement, but will also provide excellent training for interpreters preparing to take the TDLR licensing exam. 

* TDLR course nos. 8274 and 8874. Provider: Berkana Language Center, Provider no. 1345.

Participants licensed by TDLR will earn 8 continuing education hours.

Participants certified by the American Translators Association (ATA) will earn 8 continuing education points.

About the presenter

M. Eta Trabing  has been a technical translator since 1956, first in Argentina, then in the US. She started as a conference and  court interpreter in 1968  and became a US federally certified court interpreter in 1980 and a state-certified court interpreter in 1995. She retired from interpreting in 2002, but continues to work as a translator, specializing in animal science and veterinary medicine and related agricultural areas; general medicine, public health, social services and mental health; insurance; legal contracts and criminal law; and waste management and environmental sciences. Her working languages are Spanish and English. She also speaks Portuguese, German, and French for social and travel purposes.

Ms. Trabing has been teaching interpretation and translation for almost three decades, and has been a guest speaker and trainer at numerous conferences and seminars throughout the U.S and abroad. She is an approved provider of continuing education courses for both the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and the American Translators Association. She has published a number of books on translation and interpretation, bilingual glossaries, and dictionaries, through Berkana Language Center, the company that she runs with her son, Alex.  Many of these books are being used by colleges and universities as text books in interpretation classes.

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Early-bird registration ends August 1, 2012

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Questions? Contact AATIA Workshops Coordinator Laura Vlasman

Cancellation policy: AATIA reserves the right to cancel this workshop for any reason. If AATIA cancels the workshop, all registration fees will be refunded in full. The following policy will apply if a participant cancels: (a) cancellation prior to the registration deadline (August 20, 2012): registration fee will be refunded minus a processing fee of $10, provided AATIA can fill the participant’s slot in the workshop with someone from the waiting list; otherwise, half the registration fee will be refunded; (b) cancellation after the registration deadline: no refund will be given. 

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