Spanish Interpreter

SOSi • Tampa, FL

8d • Onsite

About The Position

SOSi is seeking qualified, professional, and experienced Spanish interpreters in Tampa, Florida. The interpreter supports a broad range of business activities in a call/contact center environment by meeting customers’ language interpretation needs. The position involves interpretation between Spanish and English, including in legal and justice-system contexts.

Requirements

• At least one year of experience interpreting in a judicial environment.
• Legal ability to work in the United States.
• High proficiency in English and Spanish vocabulary used in formal, consultative, and casual communication in justice-system contexts, including colloquial and regional slang.
• Knowledge of specialized English and Spanish legal and criminal justice terminology and immigration procedures.
• Fluency in spoken English and Spanish, including a range of language registers, regional colloquialisms, and slang, with clear and intelligible pronunciation.
• Ability to perform simultaneous, consecutive, and sight translation accurately and without changes, omissions, or additions.
• Ability to preserve the speaker’s tone and emotional level and manage delivery, speed, and statement length, including projection, pace, and pausing.
• Ability to maintain appropriate speed and projection while interpreting, and to request and incorporate clarification only when justified.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with video remote and over-the-phone interpreting is strongly preferred.
• Cisco WebEx experience.
• Federal, State, NAJIT, and/or ATA interpretation certification.
• Experience providing interpretation for DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review court cases.

Responsibilities

• Provide consecutive and simultaneous interpretation between Spanish and English, and vice versa.
• Provide over-the-phone and video remote interpreting for limited English proficiency individuals as required.
• Perform sight translation by reading written documents aloud in another language.
• Provide quality control review of translated documents as required.
• Perform other duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed