Spanish Interpreter

Spanish interpreters must pass a Spanish oral examination as part of the process for becoming a Spanish interpreter associated with Alpha Translation Svcs, Inc. A successful completion of the Spanish interpretation test signifies interpreter is minimally competent to interpret from Spanish to English or from English to Spanish. Exam also guarantees Spanish interpreter's fluency in both Spanish and English. Bilingual professionals aspiring to become Spanish interpreters with legal expertise must possess a strong understanding of court procedures. It is also imperative that they be familiar with basic justice system concepts and legal terminology.

Spanish Proficiency

The exam administered to Spanish interpreters focuses on the bilingual professional ability to speak Spanish and English fluently and forcefully. It also addresses Spanish interpreter's competence as far as accuracy in both languages is concerned. Such ability must be demonstrated in both Spanish simultaneous interpretation and Spanish consecutive interpretation. Furthermore, the exam addresses English and Spanish phonetics; the goal is to make sure that Spanish interpreter has ability to pronounce correctly. Foreign accent in either language does not pose a problem as long as pronunciation does not affect meaning. Occasionally, Spanish interpreter might have to do a sight translation of a document written in English. Under these circumstances, sight translation will consist in interpreting the Spanish translation orally.

Spanish Consecutive Interpretation

For clarification purposes, it must be pointed that Spanish consecutive interpretation is a mode of interpreting. Categorizing a Spanish interpreter as Spanish simultaneous interpreter or consecutive is more a mode than a profession. As a mode, Spanish consecutive interpreter waits after each segment from speaker to render its content into English language; therefore, Spanish consecutive interpretation requires pauses. Spanish interpreter first listens to a complete segment of speech, for example in Spanish and renders this segment into English. To illustrate what Spanish consecutive interpretation entails in a courtroom, Spanish interpreter memorizes English language questions and interprets them into for example European Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Colombian Spanish or Chilean Spanish. Because of the constant pauses, consecutive interpretation lasts longer than simultaneous.

Long and Short Spanish Consecutive Interpreters

Alpha Translation Svcs, Inc. partners with a team of Spanish consecutive interpreters with expertise in legal, medical Spanish interpretation. Our Spanish interpreters abide by all interpretation ethics including the Code of Professional Responsibility for Interpreters in the Judiciary. Our Spanish interpreting service includes short consecutive interpretation in which the interpreter's memory must be impeccable, and each interpreting segment should not exceed a sentence or two. In addition to short Spanish consecutive interpretations, our Spanish interpreting team provides long consecutive interpretation where each segment of the message lasts longer.

Spanish Liaison interpreter

Spanish Liaison interpretation occurs when the interpreter acts as a cultural, language intermediary between two individuals, or small groups. Spanish liaison interpreting is normally a face-to-face encounter for a particular purpose at a state or federal agency. Business meeting, teleinterpreting, diplomatic meeting can fall within this type. Spanish liaison interpreter is expected to be a Spanish native speaker fully proficient in both Spanish and English. Many consider Spanish liaison interpretation as a sub-type of consecutive interpretation. As part of the interpreting practice, Spanish interpreters need to develop their personal bilingual glossaries, with a list of terminology in both English and Spanish.

Spanish Simultaneous Interpreter

When a multilingual audience participates in a conference, seminar, meeting... where speakers perform in several languages which include Spanish, a Spanish simultaneous interpreter is needed. Depending on the length of the interpretation, two simultaneous interpreters will work together in interval of 30 minutes to 1 hour to interpret the speaker's speech in total fluency and rapidity. As opposed to Spanish consecutive interpretation where one interpreter has to pause, Spanish simultaneous interpretation does not pause. Spanish simultaneous interpretation requires special equipment such as booths, headsets, microphones, transmitters and receivers. Alpha Translation Svcs, Inc. has a pool of professional Spanish interpreters who can provide Spanish simultaneous interpretations not only anywhere in Florida but nationwide and even internationally. We can also assist with equipment rental with a sound engineer who will be present from the beginning of the project to the end.

Spanish Interpreting Language Combination

For translation and even interpretation purposes, Alpha Translation Svcs, Inc. offers a variety of Spanish interpretations where interpreters can handle several language combinations which include but not limited to:

1. Spanish to English interpretation
2. Spanish to French interpretation
3. Spanish to Italian interpretation
4. Spanish to Arabic interpretation
5. Spanish to German interpretation
6. Spanish to Spanish interpretation
7. Spanish to Chinese interpretation, and many more

Please feel free to contact Alpha Translation Svcs, Inc. to schedule professional Spanish interpreters who can deliver Spanish consecutive interpretation, Spanish simultaneous interpretation and Spanish liaison interpretations.