NY and NJ Court-Certified Spanish Interpreter and Translator

Elizabeth Figueroa

**** **** ****** ~ Brooklyn, New York ~ 11219

607-***-**** ~ *************@*****.***

Professional Profile:

Freelance Court Interpreter (Spanish) February 2005-present

Provide an essential public service by offering English-Spanish language

interpretation for the court, court personnel, and the public.

. Interpret between English and Spanish using simultaneous and

consecutive modes at court proceedings and for other court-related

departments at the direction of the court.

. Interpret for judges, attorneys, court staff, and other court-related

departments at the direction of the court.

. Make sight translations of documents including court petitions,

reports, waivers, disposition statement forms, and other documents.

. Research and understand legal terminology used in court and functions

of the court.

Federal Court: wiretap transcription and translation for US Attorney

General of New York.

Superior Court: mediation sessions, restraining order hearings,

domestic violence hearings, small claims, criminal hearings, and

landlord/tenant cases.

Municipal Court: traffic cases, domestic violence cases.

Worker's Compensation Court: question-answer sessions, hearings, and

trials.

Interpretation in depositions for personal injury cases, motor vehicle

cases, slip and fall cases, union arbitrations, product presentations,

and academic hearings.

Freelance Medical Interpreter (Spanish) February 2005-present

Provide an essential public service by offering English-Spanish language

interpretation between medical personnel and patients.

. Assist health care providers by engaging in face-to-face interpretation

between the health care provider, medical staff, patient and family

members.

. Sight translate medical forms and prescriptions into the Spanish

language for the patient.

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation: Interpretation for brain injury

group therapy sessions in the Cognitive Rehabilitation Program (CRP).

Interpretation for medical appointments, psychological and psychiatric

evaluations, physical therapy sessions, neurological and orthopedic

testing, and developmental disability testing for children.

Freelance Interpreter (Spanish) February 2005-present

Provide an essential public service by offering English-

Spanish language interpretation.

. Academic settings including BOE meetings, mediations,

arbitrations, and trials; Parent-Teacher conferences; academic

evaluations with Spanish-speaking children and parents.

. Product Presentations and Conferences

. Advertising events such as Focus Groups or IDIs

Freelance Document Translator (Spanish) February 2005-present

Provide an essential public service by rendering true and

accurate translations of documents

written in Spanish or English.

Legal Document Translation: certified translations of documents that

have legal importance such as birth certificates, adoption papers,

marriage certificates, death certificates, wills, immigration papers,

permits, driver's licenses, medical documents, academic transcripts,

diplomas, contracts, trade agreements, court orders and affidavits.

Book translation:

Translation from Spanish into English: Voces de la Inmigraci n:

Testimonios e historias de mujeres dominicanas inmigrantes, 2007.

QUALIFICATIONS & SPECIAL SKILLS

. Nine years of Interpretation and Translation experience.

. Excellence in both simultaneous and consecutive interpretation.

. Effective note-taking technique for consecutive interpreting.

. Extensive vocabulary in Spanish and English.

. Strong ability to express thought clearly and concisely in both

languages.

. Familiarity of both American and Latino culture.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

New York University, New York, New York

2014

Masters of Science in Translation

NYS Unified Court System Certified Spanish Interpreter

2011

Court Interpreter Program Internship, Passaic County Superior Court

2008

Certificate of Interpretation and Translation, Hunter College

2007

NJ AOC-Approved Journeyman Spanish Interpreter

2005

Binghamton University (SUNY), Binghamton, NY 2004

Bachelor of Arts: Major: Spanish and History; Minor: Latin American and

Caribbean Areas Studies

REFERENCES:

Maria Stender - Court Clerk - Roselle Park Municipal Court - 110 E.

Westfield Ave; Roselle Park, NJ - 908-***-****

Silvia Ortega - Court Clerk - Newark Municipal Court - 30 Green

Street; Newark, NJ 908-***-****

Yesenia Ruiz - Principal Administrative Associate - 1111 Wilcox

Avenue; Bronx, NY 347-***-****

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