The skills you need to interpret with confidence.

 

Our line of training tools for professional interpreters will prepare you for interpretation in a myriad of environments like courtrooms, news broadcasts, conferences, and more.
SHOP SOLUTIONS

Are you ready for HOURS of exercises to sharpen your skills? Here’s what you get!

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  • Recordings — Simultaneous exercises, consecutives, and the Verbal Volley 1 (101 courtroom phrases)

  • Scripts — Simultaneous exercises, consecutive exercises, and sight translations

  • Glossaries — one glossary for each script plus the Verbal Volley 1’s glossary of 101 courtroom phrases

All of our materials are based on the challenging and crazy variety of cases and situations that interpreters encounter in court — and in exams! From drug deals, robbery, dog fights, and domestic violence to homicides. The linguistic challenges will include:

  • street drugs

  • murder

  • domestic violence

  • firearms

  • slang

  • insults

  • crime scene

  • pathology report

 

  • medical forensic testimony

  • legalese

  • persuasive speech

  • insults

  • robbery

  • bodily injury

  • advisement of rights

  • assault

  • slang

  • car parts

  • immigration

  • DUIs

  • jury instructions

  • money laundering

  • persuasive speech

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drug use
prison
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The Confident Interpreter was founded in 2016 by Yvette Citizen and Irene Radillo.

Together they have over 20 years working as professional interpreters for multiple private and government organizations in judicial, medical, conference and educational settings, including the US State Department, California Superior Court, US District Courts and the University of Arizona.

Irene Radillo-Diaz

Irene Radillo-Diaz

Yvette Citizen

Yvette Citizen

TESTIMONIALS

  • The Confident Interpreter offers well-curated, practical, and academically sound materials for interpreter development. The content is well structured and grounded in real-world practice. The combination of glossaries, practical exercises and relevant tools lends itself to reinforcement of best interpretation practices. Overall, it is an excellent and effective resource for exam preparation and skill-building

    - Joseph Mesa, CA-Certified Court Interpreter, Spanish

  • As someone preparing for a specific certification, who is not looking for new study material? Here is a top-of-the-line choice. I found The Confident Interpreter when I was looking for new materials to practice and improve. I enjoy them because I find them challenging and well prepared. They have a nice variety of topics and vocabulary. I especially like that the simultaneous exercises are recorded at different speeds. The consecutive is challenging. The Verbal Volley is fun and a new way to test one’s vocabulary and speed. The Confident Interpreter offers excellent materials for the price. I hope they keep adding more items!

    - ASAP Trans

  • Your materials have been very useful for my practice sessions. I will look into the free resources you offer. And please keep me updated on any classes you might offer. I really love your materials!

    - Gregory Ahlswede

  • I absolutely recommend all prospective interpreters who are trying to enter the profession, and current interpreters who want to perfect their skills to reach out to them. You couldn’t be in better hands. Thank you for everything!!!

    - Monica Licea-Castro, FCCI

  • One of a kind option for people interested in improving their skills in any career [medical or court interpreting], thumbs up, best of the best!!

    - Emma Brassea

  • I have trained with Irene and can highly recommend her for both rigor and personality as an instructor. I appreciate how much I was able to learn from her.

    - Cris Silva

  • Los materiales del Confident Interpreter han sido buenísimos, por no mencionar los blogs. Además de muchos términos legales y otros relacionados con armas y drogas en los materiales, hay bastantes mexicanismos que yo no conocía. Me está sirviendo mucho. ¡Gracias!

    - Kyle Criminge