Spanish Interpreter

SOSi • Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

9d • Onsite

About The Position

SOSi is seeking qualified, professional, and experienced Spanish interpreters in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. The interpreter supports a broad range of business activities in a call/contact-center environment by meeting customers’ language interpretation needs. The role involves interpreting between Spanish and English in person and remotely, translating written material orally, and reviewing translated documents for quality as required.

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 and regional slang.
• Knowledge of specialized English and Spanish legal and criminal-justice terminology and immigration procedures.
• Fluency in spoken English and Spanish across language registers, including 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 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 individuals with limited English proficiency as required.
• Perform sight translation by reading a written document aloud in another language.
• Conduct quality-control reviews of translated documents as required.
• Perform other duties as required.

What This Job Offers

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