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Jobs: Senior Court Interpreter in Ventura, CA

July 17, 2022 No Comments

I have good news for those colleagues thinking to join the in-house interpreter ranks in the state of California. A new position for a Senior Court Interpreter in Ventura Superior Court is waiting for you! If you don’t know, Ventura is a beautiful coastal city with awesome weather and great people! Join a great team […]

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Dissecting a Translation Scammer Email

April 19, 2021 No Comments

Translation scammers have been present more than ever during this pandemic, taking advantage of our colleagues who may be desperate to get some work in a world where everything suddenly stopped. This post may sound redundant as there are many other T&I colleagues and associations doing research, tagging, keeping record, and breaking it down for […]

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Multilingual Terminology Management Tools: A Quick Review

April 3, 2021 No Comments

A review of three terminology management tools for translators and interpreters: Glossaries2go, Interpretbank, Interplex.

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Language Access During a Pandemic…and Fires!

September 2, 2020 No Comments
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Volunteering in our profession may be gratifying in times of peril, but in this pandemic, even those who help are under economic and personal danger as well.

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Intro to Court Interpreting Workshop: An Outreach Effort

September 18, 2019 No Comments

On September 3, 2016, I had the fortune to teach a workshop on court interpreting. After moving from Vegas to the California Central Coast, I soon found out there is a huge need for interpreter training programs and interpreters for every setting, so I started this project as an outreach effort to encourage more bilinguals, of […]

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The Role of Interpreters in Language Access Efforts

June 26, 2016 No Comments

Having been a freelance translator and interpreter before coming to work for the Santa Barbara County Superior Court gave me the opportunity to travel throughout the States and get to know many interesting places. San Antonio is one of my favorite cities –although it made me nervous that I had to seat next to a […]

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About me

LorenaI'm a professional translator, conference, medical interpreter, court certified interpreter for the States of Nevada and California, and Spanish instructor and tutor.

I hold a Bachelor of Science in Accounting with concentration in Taxation and several certificates in Finance and Corporate Finance from the Escuela Bancaria y Comercial, SC and the Colegio de Contadores Públicos de México. I obtained formal translation training in Mexico through a Certificate from the Universidad Iberoamericana, and in the U.S. through the Translation Center at UMass Amherst. In 2013, I completed a Master of Arts in Hispanic Studies with emphasis in Technology, Latin American Culture, and Translation from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

I have been translating for over 20 years, specializing in law, contract law, corporate law, finance, auditing, taxation, economics, accounting, theology, religion, healthcare, and marketing. My professional interpreting career fully developed in the U.S., first as a conference interpreter, and more recently, as a court interpreter.

Other interesting Posts

  • July 17, 2022

    Jobs: Senior Court Interpreter in Ventura, CA

  • April 19, 2021

    Dissecting a Translation Scammer Email

  • April 3, 2021

    Multilingual Terminology Management Tools: A Quick Review

  • September 2, 2020
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    Language Access During a Pandemic…and Fires!

  • September 18, 2019

    Intro to Court Interpreting Workshop: An Outreach Effort

  • June 26, 2016

    The Role of Interpreters in Language Access Efforts

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