Spanish Interpreter

SOSi • San Antonio, TX

1d • $23 - $25 • Onsite

About The Position

SOSi is seeking qualified, professional, and experienced Spanish interpreters in San Antonio, Texas. The interpreter supports a broad range of business activities in a call/contact-center environment by providing language interpretation for the customer’s needs. The position provides interpretation between Spanish and English, including consecutive, simultaneous, over-the-phone, and video remote interpreting, as well as sight translation and quality-control review of translated documents. The role is full time, with shift-based schedules of 40 hours per week, and is not eligible for remote work.

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 slang, idiosyncratic slang, and regionalisms.
• Knowledge of specialized English and Spanish legal and criminal-justice terminology, including immigration procedures.
• Fluent 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, 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.
• Cisco WebEx experience.
• Federal, State, National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT), and/or American Translators Association (ATA) interpretation certifications.
• Experience interpreting for Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) court cases.

Responsibilities

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

What This Job Offers

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