Spanish Interpreter

SOSi; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel up to 20%

40 hours per week, shift-based

Job summary

SOSi is seeking an experienced Spanish interpreter in El Paso, TX for a full-time, on-site role supporting court- and government-related interpretations. The interpreter will provide consecutive, simultaneous, sight translation, and remote interpreting as required, handling English–Spanish communication with accuracy, clarity, and appropriate tone in a fast-paced call/contact center environment.

Travel up to 20% may be required, and the role involves shift-based schedules totaling 40 hours per

Qualifications

• Minimum one (1) year of experience interpreting in a judicial environment.
• Legal ability to work in the U.S.
• Highly proficient in both English and Spanish vocabularies used in justice contexts, including slang.
• Knowledge of legal/criminal justice terminology in English and Spanish.
• Fluent in English and Spanish with clear pronunciation across registers.
• Ability to perform simultaneous, consecutive, and sight translation accurately.
• Ability to manage tone, pace, and length of delivery during interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Provides consecutive and simultaneous interpretation between Spanish and English.
• Provides over-the-phone and video remote interpreting as required.
• Performs sight translation of documents when needed.
• Performs quality control review of translated documents.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Consecutive & Simultaneous

Over-the-phone interpreting

Video remote interpreting

Legal/justice terminology

Clear pronunciation

Job description

Founded in 1989, SOSi is among the largest private, founder-owned technology and services integrators in the defense and government services industry. We deliver tailored solutions, tested leadership, and trusted results to enable national security missions worldwide.

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.

• 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

• Minimumone (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.
• 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

• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
• 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.