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Aug 31, 2024
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2022-2023 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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TRS 162 - Introduction to Legal Spanish/English Interpretation 3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours 3 lecture periods 0 lab periods
Interpreting in a legal context. Includes interpreting in a legal setting, knowledge of legal procedure and ancillary issues related to legal terminology in Spanish and English, bicultural legal communication, and regional differences.
Information: Requires Spanish/English language fluency.
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Course Learning Outcomes
- Discuss the significant issues specific to interpreting in legal settings.
- Identify various legal procedures in Spanish and English including names and legal terminology.
- Communicate through bilingual interpretation both legal information and questions regarding social justice.
- Identify bicultural legal issues and regional dialects related verbal and non-verbal communication.
- Introduction and successful fulfillment of State of Arizona credentialing program.
- Discuss the different resources for legal interpreting how these resources can help to begin a career in the field of legal interpreting.
Outline:
- Interpreting in a Legal Setting
- Definition of interpreting in a legal setting
- Standards and ethics related to legal interpreting
- Ethical dilemmas
- Interpreting protocol
- Identify Various Legal Procedures in Spanish and English
- Legal procedures in Spanish
- Courtroom procedure
- Types of hearings
- Traffic court procedure
- Juvenile courts
- Depositions
- Spanish and English Legal Terminology
- Forensic pathology
- Weaponry
- Drug terminology
- Slang expressions
- Immigration
- Legal Communication
- Managing cultural differences in legal communication
- Nonverbal communication in the legal setting
- Courtesy in the legal setting
- Familiar “tú”
- Formal “usted(es)”
- Language of the courtroom
- Translation issues
- Regionalisms
- State of Arizona Credentialing Exam
- Ethics and protocol
- Caseflow
- Court procedures
- Interpretation exams and over the phone interview (OPI)
- Resources for Legal Interpreting
- Interpreter resources
- Regional dictionaries
- Legal dictionaries
- Interpreter websites
- Legal interpreter organizations
- Legal reference books
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