Spanish Interpreter

SOSi; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

SOSi in El Paso, TX is seeking qualified Spanish interpreters to support a call/contact center environment with interpretation services across legal and justice contexts. The role includes consecutive and simultaneous interpretation, over-the-phone and video remote interpreting, and sight translation.

Full-time on-site position with travel up to 20%. Strong command of English and Spanish, plus knowledge of legal terminology, is essential for success in this fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of interpreting experience in a judicial environment.
• Fluency in English and Spanish with formal, consultative, and casual registers.
• Ability to interpret consecutively, simultaneously, and via sight translation in legal contexts.

Responsibilities

• Provides consecutive and simultaneous interpretation between Spanish and English.
• Offers over-the-phone and video remote interpreting for LEP individuals.
• Performs sight translation and quality control review of translated documents.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Interpreting (consecutive/simultaneous

Legal/judicial terminology knowledge

Job description

Job Description

Overview

SOSi is actively seeking qualified, professional, and experienced Spanish interpreters in El Paso, TX.

The Spanish interpreter will be supporting a broad set of business activities from a call/contact center type environment. Our job is to support our customer’s interpretation needs by providing language interpretation.

Essential Job Duties

• Provides consecutive and simultaneous interpretation between Spanish and English and vice versa.
• Provides over-the-phone and video remote interpreting for limited English proficiency (LEP) individuals as required.
• Performs sight translation, occurring when an interpreter is given a written document in one language and asked to read it aloud in another language.
• Provides quality control review of translated documents as required.
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum one (1) year of experience interpreting in a judicial environment.
• Legal ability to work in U.S.
• Highly proficient in both English and Spanish vocabularies typically used in formal, consultative, and casual modes of communication in justice system contexts, including colloquial slang, idiosyncratic slang, and regionalisms.
• Knowledgeable of specialized vocabulary (terminology) in both English and Spanish to legal and criminal justice system terminology and immigration procedures.
• Ability to speak English and Spanish fluently, including high to low levels of language register, regional colloquialisms, and slang expressions, and do so with clear and intelligible pronunciation.
• Ability to perform simultaneous, consecutive, and sight translation in a manner that is factually and conceptually accurate without changes, omissions, or additions.
• Ability to preserve the tone and emotional level of the speaker, as well as manage the delivery, speed, and length of the statement (projection, pace and pausing) of the speaker.
• Ability to maintain appropriate speed and projection while rendering interpretation, and request and incorporate clarification of speaker’s statements only when justified.

Preferred Qualifications

• Video remote and over-the-phone interpreting experience strongly preferred.
• Cisco WebEx experience.
• Federal, State, National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT), and/or American Translators Association (ATA) certifications in interpretation.
• Experience providing interpretation for Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) court cases.

Additional Information

Work Environment

• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
• Fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Call/contact center
• Full time, shift-based schedules (40 hours per week)
• Not eligible for remote work

Working at SOSi

All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.