Freelance Interpreter
Job Description
Freelance Interpreter
Duties and Responsibilities
Serve as interpreter for People with Limited English Proficiency for different social services settings.
Provide Simultaneous and Consecutive interpretation between English and target language. Listen to complete statements in one language, translate to second, and translate responses from second into first language.Express either approximate or exact translation, depending on nature of occasion.
Minimum Job Requirements
High School Diploma or GED.
At least 3 years of experience Interpreting settings
Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
Fluency in both the Spanish and English languages.Ability to read and write both languages.Listening skills.
Working Conditions and Physical Effort
Walking, Sitting and Moving around.Work is normally performed in a typical interior work environment.