Why Candidates Fail Interpreting Examinations 

Did you fulfill your dream about getting a job as an English-Spanish interpreter in the end?

Estoy aplicando para un puesto de trabajo en interpretacion Inglés-Español, pero parece ser que se está volviendo complicado cada vez más. Es como si hubiera regresado a un nivel básico, como si estuviera aprendiendo un nuevo idioma. Les agredecería si me compartieran videos como este de aquí.

@@samuelguerrero4114 how much is pay per hr

Just be careful with some "mafias" that are monopolising the market. They try to fail you (while getting $$$ from your efforts) to make you re-apply again, and again, and again, etc. In the case of translations (not interpreting) in Australia there is one entity which is doing just that for many years, and is being handled by Spanish people (mostly) trying to find whatever excuses to fail you. They are not flexible at all about different scenarios when is necessary literal or interpreting/dynamic translations as well with the combination of both. They are trying to monopolise their services to a bunch within themselves to protect their own income. They even get lawyers and government agencies behind this. Many Spanish people also do not accept that they don't "own" the language, where also the majority in Latin-American countries tend to use "neutral" mode that is understandable for everyone. It is not a "dialect" or a new language at all, it is simply a convention to help most countries to understand each other easily without localisms, etc. That is just ONE example. I am not suggestion that all are "bad" or corrupted at all. I am just saying, protect your money and your precious time. Simply be careful with sharks in this field because they hate potential "competitors".

@Rosaura moctezuma did you get successful in your looking for job?

Spilogale You use slang if slang is used by the person for whom you are interpreting. But a lot of legal language is rather archaic, and when you are interpreting it, you will probably sound archaic in the target language. It's the nature of the beast.

Could you please help me

could you help me in learning medical interpreter

metsdudenj Argentine Spanish accent

Absolutely, I wasn't even able to identify what his real native language was,either Spanish or English.

No necesariamente. Podría ser acento Uruguayo o Peruano, (cerca de la frontera con Argentina).

@@samuelguerrero4114 he is not a native English speaker

It is a University level lecture. With the additional advantage of having practical applications. In order to pass the State and Federal tests one must go through interpreting school and this school. In my experience is the best equipped school for Spanish interpreters. I am a Law School graduate from a foreign university, I don't say this lightly.

Good luck buddy, where are you applying to? Maybe we work for the same company haha

Noel Noah Cortez 一

Can you name the books you practiced on or recommend books by name in all these areas you mentioned?

So what happened?

En Venezuela apart from “ Lloviendo a cántaros “ we most often say “ Cayendo un chaparrón” There is this song: “Que llueva, que llueva, la niña de la cueva Los pajaritos cantan, las nubes se levantan Que sí, que no, que caiga un caparrón….”

How was your exam Thamer?

Do you mean "translating, and Interpreting" or " translation, and interpretation"?

Translation and Interpretation

@@thameralharbi6380 Did you pass habibi?

Could you please help me

I was thinking the exact same thing.

Maximo, actually, it's not as easy as you'd think. I am a Mandarin- English medical interpreter, and sometimes entire systems of health and wellness are lost in the delivery because these ideas do not translate cross-culturally. I sometimes find myself having to give "mini lessons" in traditional Chinese medicine concepts to doctors and nurses here in the States. For example, when a patient says something like "I get heartburn and burp a lot when I eat or drink foods with cold qi", or "My son's sore throat is not because of this 'strep thing'. It's because he's afraid of the heat. He needs to spit out all the disease from his cough", the looks on some of their faces is complete bewilderment. And conversely, it's been very difficult to convince patients that taking antibiotics to cure a viral infection won't work because the different kinds of microbes function differently. The word for antibiotic in Chinese is "anti-inflammatory", and the word for anti-inflammatory is also "anti-inflammatory"! So it is possible to get widely different drugs like penicillin and ibuprofen lumped together in a patient's mind. And the reactions I get from patients (especially the elderly) who are asked if they have advance directives or living wills is always "Huh? I'm old. I don't see the point." That being said, I agree with you that legal interpreting does sound more difficult and risky. And I imagine there are times when you're actually working with three languages- having to learn the English meanings of Latin terminology, and then translate that meaning into a third language. Plus in court you have a larger audience and a stenographer recording your every word... I would die of stage fright, I think!

True it’s kinda unfair for people of other fields. I can tell I would be thrilled to take an IT interpreting exam. Though I believe that’s not a thing cause computers speak the same language across the world

Sharon Parra how were your tests?

Absolutely agree

Did you take the NIC and pass? I'm taking mine next week.

@@couplewhiles Good luck! I passed the EIPA and interpret in schools now.

Hi, sorry, I'm applying for a job as a medical interpreter, but I have trouble listening and mostly speaking, can you tell me what that 40-hour training you took is? Please. I urgently need it.

qué bien por ti, ahora escribe esto en ingles

***** no it doesnt lol something tells me you're going to be a crap translator

+Namekusei ジン y so salty tho

true @Namekusei... "actually" does mean "en la actualidad'. what happens is that in spanish you have alot of ways of saying what in English would be one word. so technically "actually" can mean, "en la actualidad" "actualmente" "realmente" it just depends on the context of how you are going to use the word y si vamos mas a fondo en la lengua española encontraremos palabras mas eloquentes que significan lo mismo.

¨Actualmente¨ es ¨currently¨.. Luis Z is right. Although, since ¨actualmente¨ and ¨en realidad¨ has a very close impact in the sentence, it doesn´t change the meaning that much, with the big exception of legal interpretations and translations (specially translations, as in the legal realm parties will try to take advantage of each written word ).

Ahmet Murati was

Did you pursue interpreting?

Many people think interpreting is easy but it’s not. You have to know the terminology for example if you are in the medical or legal field. Most interpreters that I listen to are terrible.

Valla? (Vaya) ...

+Nabila Naorin there are many youtube videos giving tips to improve your interpreting skills. Learn how to take efficient notes, read books, newspapers, widen your global knowledge, and start practising alone with what you hear, radio news, movies etc. Of course, I'm just a student but my dream is to become an interpreter so I do this everyday! Good luck to you!

Hello Sashi, sorry for the late reply. You can find more information by going to www.scsimedia.com or by calling 1 (800) 625-6222.

Thx for your wishes. So what advice can you give me for note taking, cause this is my biggest issue 😢

Correcto Eduardo. Podría ser también " A raíz del hecho que actúo de mala fé"

Fe es un monosílabo que no lleva tilde Saludos

***** Cierto Eduardo. Y mi actuó es con tilde en la o también. Gracias :}

I wrote "en vista de que lo hizo de mala fe"

metsdudenj I did that too, metsdudenj

¿Me puedes decir como cuatas oraciones te dieron para traducir?? Yo estoy pensando es tomar el examen pero parece más y más complicada. Gracias. Oh y ¿si me puedes decir si habían muchas palabras jurídicas?

Tambien yo! 😅

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