Spanish Interpreter, (Northeast) Jobs

SOS International LLC (SOSi) is actively seeking qualified, professional, and experienced court interpreters in the NYC Metro Area.

Our job is to support the customer’s ongoing immigration court cases by providing language interpretation. These cases are supported on an as-needed basis and require interpreters with flexible sch Finish edules, Monday through Friday during business hours. Hours will differ from assignment to assignment, based on needs of the customer. We provide the interpreter with as much notice as possible, anywhere from 3 to 6 weeks ahead of time. From time to time, we have rush requests due to a cancellation.

• Performs sight translation, occurring when an interpreter is given a written document in one language and asked to read it aloud in another language.
• Performs other duties as required.
• Provides quality control review of translated documents as required.
• Provides consecutive and simultaneous interpretation between Spanish Languages and English and vice versa.
• Provides on-site, over-the-phone, and video remote interpreting between Government representatives and low English proficiency individuals as required.

• Ability to perform simultaneous, consecutive, and sight translation in a manner that is factually and conceptually accurate without changes, omissions, or additions.
• Knowledgeable of specialized vocabulary (terminology) in both English and Multiple Languages to legal and criminal justice system terminology and immigration procedures, particularly with regard to terminology typically used in Immigration Court hearings.
• Ability to speak English and Multiple Languages fluently, including high to low levels of language register, regional colloquialisms, and slang expressions, and do so with clear and intelligible pronunciation.
• Possess one (1) year of experience interpreting in a judicial environment.
• Ability to preserve the tone and emotional level of the speaker, as well as manage the delivery, speed, and length of the statement (projection, pace and pausing) of the speaker.
• Legal ability to work in U.S.
• Ability to maintain appropriate speed and projection while rendering interpretation, and request and incorporate clarification of speaker’s statements only when justified.
• Highly proficient in both English and Multiple Languages vocabularies typically used in formal, consultative, and casual modes of communication in justice system contexts, including colloquial slang, idiosyncratic slang, and regionalisms.

• Federal, State, National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT) / Judiciary Interpreters and Translators Certification Examination (JITCE), or American Translators Association (ATA) certification in interpretation.
• Experience providing interpretation for Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) court cases.

• Shift-based schedules
• Fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Work is on an as-needed basis