IMPROVE YOUR INTERPRETING SKILLS, feel more CONFIDENT when you walk into a courtroom
Court Interpreting is fascinating and challenging work! Whether you’re a novice or a veteran court interpreter, OUR GOAL is to help you develop and improve your interpreting skills and prepare for certification.
Here you can download Court Interpreter Materials including:
Welcome to our training! Below are all the digital materials we offer. Are you ready? Have fun!
Here’s What You’ll Get
Gain access immediately upon order completion. Once your payment is processed, you will receive an email containing a link to the materials you have purchased. This link is valid for 30 days. Make sure to download the files to a computer, because total download size is too large for a cellphone. You can of course transfer individual recordings to your cell phone/tablet for practice at a later time.
Audio Flashcards
Master common courtroom terminology: motions, objections, and other frequently used phrases
Audio Recordings
Audio recordings of realistic courtroom situations for simultaneous and consecutive practice
Reference materials and glossaries
Strengthen your understanding of terminology related to firearms, drugs, vehicles, and more…
Certification Preparation & Confidence
Feel more CONFIDENT when you walk into a courtroom, with our with our test prep courses
Here’s what people are saying about
The Confident Interpreter
Read our RAVE REVIEWS for The Confident Interpreter and its team members!
One-of-a-kind
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!!
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!
Challenging and Well Prepared
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!
I appreciate their effort to improve the skills of Interpreters.
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!!!
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.
Our Materials
Take a look at what we offer in our materials.
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Verbal Volley© 1
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All Languages Package
We know that if you are a court interpreter for a language other than Spanish, it’s difficult to find materials to help you practice and improve. We’re here to help by offering you this first packet of materials for download.
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The Triple 7+ (Spanish)
All in one Pack
The Triple 7+ (Spanish)
The Triple 7+ Packet contains training and practice materials for aspiring and practicing Spanish language court interpreters. It offers a wide variety of terminology areas. All materials are based on actual legal cases, and we offer you a variety of topics in both civil and criminal law at the Federal and State levels.
7 Simultaneous
Opening statements and closing arguments, expert witness testimony, jury instructions and witness examination
7 Sight Translations
In English: plea agreement, money laundering PSR, misdemeanor advisement of rights, and an Admin Per Se form. And in Spanish: divorce decree, affidavit from murder victim, and money laundering document
7 Consecutives
Topics ranging from domestic violence, car parts, drugs, weapons, explosives and immigration
Meet the Founders
“Like many children of immigrants, I was a child interpreter. That’s really when my career began. Sometimes it was fun but what wasn’t fun was interpreting for adults in serious situations. I never knew what to expect when I’d hear, “Take the kid; she’ll help you with your English.” Next thing you’d know I’d be trying to interpret transactions regarding tractor parts or bank accounts. ¡Ay, ay, ay! Too much for my grade school bilingual brain to handle. But that training paid off because now, after many years as a Federally Certified Court Interpreter, I’ve had the opportunity to interpret in a myriad of interesting situations related to law, health care, yoga, and an array of other subjects. My work is never boring! It’s afforded me the opportunity to work as a staff interpreter in Federal Court for 7 years; interpret for Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, and Rigoberta Menchu; teach interpretation and translation at the Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico; and to be a faculty member of the renowned Agnese Haury Court Interpreter Training Institute at the University of Arizona. And then, of course, is all the travel to exotic places. The fun never ends!”
Yvette Citizen
“When you’re a kid, no one asks you if you want to move to another country… so by the age of 9, I had lived in Brazil, the United States and Mexico. I am very thankful for this now, and consider myself fortunate to have had this early exposure and connection to 3 different languages and cultures. In my professional life I started out as an Occupational Therapist, but I always loved languages and eventually I found a way to earn a living through them. I became Federally Certified as a court Interpreter in 2004 and as a Certified Healthcare Interpreter in 2011. I am now Staff Interpreter in Mendocino County, CA but my experience includes interpreting in Federal Courts, Federal Probation, depositions and conferences. My years of working in the healthcare field prepared me to teach and train Medical and Dual-Role Interpreters in hospitals throughout the country. For 3 years I taught as an Adjunct Instructor at the U of Arizona undergraduate program for Translation and Interpretation. In this my second career, I have encountered many supportive and kind colleagues, – among them Yvette Citizen, with whom I am excited to share this project.”
Irene Radillo-Diaz
Hear what our students have to say about us
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.
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!!!
Improve your skills. Expand your options.
What we offer is a priceless expansion of options that come from the improvement of your skills. Training ends up costing hundreds of dollars up to $1,000 and up. You can gain immediate access to our materials today. Choose an option below to gain your immediate access to our exercises.
VERBAL VOLLEY© 1
$
34.99
Language NEUTRAL
$
99.99
Triple 7+ (Spanish)
$
149.99
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Personal Note
We hope you've enjoyed our material. We encourage you to try our exercises so you can improve your interpretation skills. Feel free to write to us, we'd love to hear your success stories. We are proud we can make your training fun and fruitful and we will continue to roll out more courses and materials as we are able.
Thank you everyone that has been with us throughout our journey!
Y.Citizen
I. Radillo
