Spanish Interpreter

SOSi • San Antonio, TX

8d • Onsite

About The Position

SOSi is seeking qualified, professional, and experienced Spanish interpreters in San Antonio, Texas. The interpreter will support a broad range of business activities in a call/contact center environment by providing language interpretation for the customer. The role includes interpreting between Spanish and English, remotely and in person as needed, and supporting the accurate translation and review of documents.

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 vocabularies 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 and immigration procedures.
• Fluent spoken English and Spanish, including high-to-low 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 a 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 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 providing interpretation for Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) 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