Interpretation Certification questions
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Translation - correct answer ✔✔ Convey the meaning of a source - language text by means of
an equivalent target - language text in WRITING.
Hint: Translators translate
Interpreting - correct answer ✔✔ Convry the meaning of SPOKEN information in the source
language into an oral statement in the target language.
Hint: Interpreters interpret
Historic Milestones Worldwide - correct answer ✔✔ Translation: Rosetta Stone (196 BC)
Interpreting: Malinche (interpreter for Spanish conquistador in 16th century)
Historic Milestone in USA - correct answer ✔✔ Negron vs. State of New York (1970)
- Prosecutor used an interpreter for the witnesses only and not for the Puerto Rican defendant,
Rogelio Nieves Negron.
- This case led to the Court Interpreter's Act of 1978, and established the right of the non-
English speaker to have an interpreter.
Sight - correct answer ✔✔ Interpreter renders a written text in the source language ORALLY in
the target language.
Consecutive - correct answer ✔✔ Interpreter waits until a complete statement has been spoken
and then begins interpreting while relying on notes and short-term memory.
,Simultaneous - correct answer ✔✔ Interpreter is rendering an interpretation continuously into
the target language (almost ) at the same time as the statement is being uttered in the source
language.
Summary - correct answer ✔✔ Paraphrasing and condensing the speaker's statement. Unlike
simultaneous and consecutive interpreting, this method does not provide a precise rendering of
everything that is said into the target language.
Sight Mode - correct answer ✔✔ Hybrid Mode = 2 elements to it
- Reading (written source)
- Speaking (oral rendition)
Simultaneous Mode: Used in Court When - correct answer ✔✔ Golden Rule: The non-English
speaking person is NOT part of the conversation.
Consecutive Mode: Used in Court when - correct answer ✔✔ Golden Rule: The non-English
speaking person is part of the conversation.
Code of Professional Responsibility - correct answer ✔✔ - Professional demeanor
- Act in the interest of the court
- Conduct in an unobtrusive manner while performing duties
- Avoid inappropriate behavior
Representation of Qualifications - correct answer ✔✔ - State your qualifications
- Refuse assignments you are not/do not feel qualified to perform
Accuracy and Faithfulness - correct answer ✔✔ - Preserve level of language used
, - Request clarification
- Refrain from personal opinions
- Notify the court of errors
Impartiality and Avoidance of Conflict of Interest - correct answer ✔✔ - Avoid unnecessary
contact with parties to a case.
- Inform the court if previous involvement with a case.
Confidentiality and Scope of Practice - correct answer ✔✔ - Protect all confidential and
privileged information
- Do not use knowledge gained form a case for personal gain
- Do not accept gifts, payment, bonuses, etc. in excess of your compensation
Safety and Improvement - correct answer ✔✔ - Inform the court of harassment
- Report induced efforts to behave unethically
Register - correct answer ✔✔ You must never alter the register, or language level, of the source
language message (the language from which you are interpreting) when rendering it into the
target language (the language into which are interpreting) for the purpose of enhancing
understanding or avoiding offense.
- It is your job to make sure the jurors have as much information in that regard as a native
speaker of the target language would have in order to judge the witness' credibility.
Word Choice - correct answer ✔✔ Nuances of meaning are critical in courtroom testimony. You
must be very careful in selecting target language terms to make sure that they accurately and
precisely reflect the source language meaning.
Idioms and Metaphors - correct answer ✔✔ - Idioms are phrases that have a meaning which is
not merely the sum of the words contained in them.
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Translation - correct answer ✔✔ Convey the meaning of a source - language text by means of
an equivalent target - language text in WRITING.
Hint: Translators translate
Interpreting - correct answer ✔✔ Convry the meaning of SPOKEN information in the source
language into an oral statement in the target language.
Hint: Interpreters interpret
Historic Milestones Worldwide - correct answer ✔✔ Translation: Rosetta Stone (196 BC)
Interpreting: Malinche (interpreter for Spanish conquistador in 16th century)
Historic Milestone in USA - correct answer ✔✔ Negron vs. State of New York (1970)
- Prosecutor used an interpreter for the witnesses only and not for the Puerto Rican defendant,
Rogelio Nieves Negron.
- This case led to the Court Interpreter's Act of 1978, and established the right of the non-
English speaker to have an interpreter.
Sight - correct answer ✔✔ Interpreter renders a written text in the source language ORALLY in
the target language.
Consecutive - correct answer ✔✔ Interpreter waits until a complete statement has been spoken
and then begins interpreting while relying on notes and short-term memory.
,Simultaneous - correct answer ✔✔ Interpreter is rendering an interpretation continuously into
the target language (almost ) at the same time as the statement is being uttered in the source
language.
Summary - correct answer ✔✔ Paraphrasing and condensing the speaker's statement. Unlike
simultaneous and consecutive interpreting, this method does not provide a precise rendering of
everything that is said into the target language.
Sight Mode - correct answer ✔✔ Hybrid Mode = 2 elements to it
- Reading (written source)
- Speaking (oral rendition)
Simultaneous Mode: Used in Court When - correct answer ✔✔ Golden Rule: The non-English
speaking person is NOT part of the conversation.
Consecutive Mode: Used in Court when - correct answer ✔✔ Golden Rule: The non-English
speaking person is part of the conversation.
Code of Professional Responsibility - correct answer ✔✔ - Professional demeanor
- Act in the interest of the court
- Conduct in an unobtrusive manner while performing duties
- Avoid inappropriate behavior
Representation of Qualifications - correct answer ✔✔ - State your qualifications
- Refuse assignments you are not/do not feel qualified to perform
Accuracy and Faithfulness - correct answer ✔✔ - Preserve level of language used
, - Request clarification
- Refrain from personal opinions
- Notify the court of errors
Impartiality and Avoidance of Conflict of Interest - correct answer ✔✔ - Avoid unnecessary
contact with parties to a case.
- Inform the court if previous involvement with a case.
Confidentiality and Scope of Practice - correct answer ✔✔ - Protect all confidential and
privileged information
- Do not use knowledge gained form a case for personal gain
- Do not accept gifts, payment, bonuses, etc. in excess of your compensation
Safety and Improvement - correct answer ✔✔ - Inform the court of harassment
- Report induced efforts to behave unethically
Register - correct answer ✔✔ You must never alter the register, or language level, of the source
language message (the language from which you are interpreting) when rendering it into the
target language (the language into which are interpreting) for the purpose of enhancing
understanding or avoiding offense.
- It is your job to make sure the jurors have as much information in that regard as a native
speaker of the target language would have in order to judge the witness' credibility.
Word Choice - correct answer ✔✔ Nuances of meaning are critical in courtroom testimony. You
must be very careful in selecting target language terms to make sure that they accurately and
precisely reflect the source language meaning.
Idioms and Metaphors - correct answer ✔✔ - Idioms are phrases that have a meaning which is
not merely the sum of the words contained in them.
