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We are a pair of translating twins working in Spanish,English, German. We were born in Austria, grew up in Mexico City, and now live on different continents.
2020-06-30 21:05
As a follow-up to our post on consecutive interpreting via Zoom, we are now featuring a guest post by the wonderful team of interpreters behind trying to teach us all how to use the simul in… Read More
2020-06-17 20:53
We recently received a notification from the Southern District of Texas that two US District Courts have vacancies for federally certified Spanish interpreters, which we are happy to share h… Read More
2020-05-11 16:36
We know this pandemic has been very tough for many freelance linguists, especially those who focus exclusively on interpreting (we do both interpreting and translation and while both have su… Read More
2020-04-30 18:50
It's been a while since we have posted, and we hope you forgive us. After more than 10 years and 500+ blog posts, we'd run out of ideas a bit, and there are now so many other excellent blogs… Read More
2019-05-09 19:53
That's Peggie. She's an expert.Dagy has been giving in-house workshops about German orthography at large companies in Austria and Germany for many years now. People often ask her about class… Read More
2019-05-01 17:09
Keynote speaker Patricia Bergler of Facebook on stageEntrepreneurs are supposed to spend time and money on client acquisition when business is good so that they will be prepared for rainy da… Read More
2019-03-01 01:16
Oftentimes we only hear bad news about payment practices in our profession, so we figured we'd share some good news instead. Earlier this week, we received a phone call from a Las Vegas… Read More
2018-12-26 18:34
A few months ago, we both had the pleasure of meeting Mexican presidential interpreter Darinka Mangino at the ATA conference in New Orleans, and we had a great time. She reminds us a bit of… Read More
2018-11-30 20:26
A few months ago, Judy had the honor to speak at the SLAM! (Scandinavian Language Associations' Meeting) conference in Malmö, Sweden. It was a fantastic event, and after it ended, Judy… Read More
2018-11-01 19:07
Does Nicole Kidman suffer from this? Probably not.A few months ago, we received an email from our colleague Sarah Glendenning in Manchester, UK. We had not met her in person, and we always e… Read More
2018-10-12 17:19
Happy Friday, dear readers! A few days ago, our colleague Adam Wooten sent us this job announcement, and we are happy to share. There aren't that many job openings for full-time tenure-track… Read More
2018-10-04 19:28
More than six years ago, Judy met the unstoppable blind Spanish/English certified medical interpreter Jamey Cook (CMI) and her late seeing eye dog, Abner, at a conference in North Carolina… Read More
2018-09-30 15:44
Just like last year, Judy is delighted to be giving another webinar for our friends over at SDL -- and it's free for everyone (you just have to sign up). The title is: Tell me how to price m… Read More
2018-09-25 17:21
As a federally certified Spanish court interpreter, Judy spends a lot of time in the federal courts around the Southwest, but she also works in judiciary assignments outside of court (deposi… Read More
2018-08-25 15:34
Screenshot from my interview.Most colleagues will have heard about one of the big interpreting stories of the year involving Russian interpreter Marina Gross at the Trump-Putin summit in Hel… Read More
2018-08-19 00:55
No matter where you live, one of today's modern inconveniences are robo calls or unwanted cold calls from marketers, and this is especially true for small business owners in any industry. Ou… Read More
2018-07-12 17:51
Anabella at work at Fox for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.If you are like most sports fans, you've been busy watching the FIFA 2018 World Cup, right, dear readers? We've been watching as much as p… Read More
2018-07-01 03:45
Yes, we are here. In a subpar tabletop booth.Happy summer, dear readers, colleagues, friends from around this world? This summer, can we all make a pledge to stop being invisible as interpre… Read More
2018-05-31 22:41
Today's post is about one of the big tribulations of conference interpreting: getting the conference materials you need ahead of time so you an review, research, prepare, and do a great job… Read More
2018-05-29 19:10
We are delighted to announce that Judy will be heading to Malmö, Sweden, to speak at the SLAM! (Scandinavian Language Associations' Meeting) Conference on September 15. Since Judy is a… Read More
2018-04-30 15:45
Who’s Watching?You never know, do you? Even if you’re excellent at visualizing, it’s often impossible to guess who might be watching you when you put yourself out there. Wh… Read More
2018-03-01 06:07
Image source: http://www.in.gov/judiciary/2794.htmBoth our interpreting students and beginning court interpreters colleagues pursing certification regularly ask us about what it's reall… Read More
2018-02-19 01:46
As readers of this blog may have recently discovered, we like to draw analogies between sports and interpreting, mainly because well, we are pretty serious athletes ourselves and because we… Read More
2017-12-28 21:11
For one of our final posts of 2017 (time flies, doesn't it?), we wanted to discuss an important issue for court interpreters: cancellation policies. If you have worked as a court interp… Read More
2017-11-21 19:29
Image created on www.canva.comWe know, we know: negotiating is probably most linguists' least favorite part of the job, but it doesn't have to be painful. Join Judy and the CLEF in Qu&e&hell…Read More
2017-10-31 16:57
Image by freepik.Happy Halloween, dear friends and colleagues from around the world! Halloween-based posts and newsletters (and advertising, of course) are a thing this year, so we thought w… Read More
2017-10-31 01:07
Norwegian kroner, because we had the picture handy. Photo by Judy.If you are like most small business owners here in the U.S, in our profession or any other, you are probably quite familiar… Read More
2017-09-18 17:38
Can you believe it's September? We can't, but the great news is that International Translation Day, one of our favorite days of the year, is right around the corner. This year September 30 f… Read More
2017-08-01 02:54
The last post of the month is about a topic that's not very glamorous, but can be quite lucrative: personal document translation. Oftentimes, linguists shy away from it because dealing with… Read More
2017-07-20 20:58
As many EnglishSpanish interpreters know, especially those of us who work in the US, interpreting Spanglish and anglicized versions of Spanish words can be a signficant challenge. Many non-E… Read More
2017-07-10 22:45
Interpreting in court is not for the faint of heart. During the course of their careers, judicial interpreters will hear and interpret many things, and sometimes those things can be disturbi… Read More
2017-06-30 19:31
Happy Friday, dear readers! Before we head off into our holiday weekend here in the US, we wanted to share a quick and easy business tip that can have major impact on your workflow.It's abou… Read More
2017-06-21 17:25
Networking at the BP17 conference in Budapest, Hungary.Please join us for another free webinar on in-person and virtual networking, presented by Judy, and organized and hosted by our friends… Read More
2017-06-19 23:35
This elk has been to several trials.Today we would love to hear from our fellow interpreters, regardless of their field: do you have a good-luck charm? Are you superstitious about certain th… Read More
2017-05-31 15:42
Image created on www.canva.comPlease join Judy and a few hundred colleagues (if past webinars are any indication) for a free webinar organized by our friends over at SDL. This webinar has no… Read More
2017-05-30 16:47
A few years ago, Judy had the opportunity to attend the (short-lived) Vegas version of the legendary technology conference South by Southwest, and it was a fantastic event. One of the best p… Read More
2017-05-27 21:29
Not *this* kind of check. We think. Receipt from Oslo.On June 10 in Los Angeles, our friends at the Association of Independent Judicial Interpreters of California (AIJIC for short), are offe… Read More
2017-04-21 21:30
What does it take to be an interpreter? Well, we won't really have space to list everything here, so for the sake of brevity we'd like to point out a few key skills that, in our humble opini… Read More
2017-04-14 20:42
Happy Friday, dear colleagues and readers! Today's quick observations revolve around mass e-mail lists, usually organized and hosted by a professional organization. These are known as listse… Read More
2017-04-12 04:09
A few months ago, Dagy witnessed any interpreter‘s worst nightmare: during a large conference organized by a multi-level marketing company, one of the speakers turned out to spea… Read More
2017-04-10 18:49
Image copyright: Bernhard ELBE LPD WienHave you ever wondered what it's like to interpret for a real prince? We have, too, and now that Dagy has had the experience, she's delighted to report… Read More
2017-04-05 19:28
On call: doctors and translators.The German-speaking blogosphere recently saw an interesting discussion about pricing models for translations centered around whether should you should c… Read More
2017-03-31 23:35
Image created on www.canva.com.Happy Friday, dear readers and colleagues! Today's quick post is about making or rates (or fees) available publicly. We have chosen to do so, but we understand… Read More
2017-02-24 19:53
This May, we are both quite excited to be heading to the same conference together: BP17 in Budapest, which is organized by our colleague Csaba Ban (yes, remarkably, there's no bi… Read More
2017-02-17 02:20
View from US District Court, Reno, NV.If you are intrigued by the title of today's post, you might or might not be a court interpreter. If you are (and even if you are not), please read on f… Read More
2017-01-20 22:06
Happy Friday, dear readers! Today's quick negotiating tip comes, as always, from our own practice.First things first: just like most people, we don't love to negotiate. We could certainly be… Read More
2016-12-28 06:33
It's that time again: the oral portion of the FCICE (Federal Court Interpreter Certification Exam) is being offered again in mid-2017, and if you are thinking about taking it, you should def… Read More
2016-12-01 00:00
As the end of the year approaches (time flies, doesn't it?) we wanted to discuss, very briefly, something that is near and dear to every entrepreneur's heart: risk. You can't be an entrepren… Read More
2016-10-28 19:06
Happy Friday, dear colleagues! Today's quick post is meant for interpreters, especially court interpreters, and the answer to this very simple question should be: yes.We put on suits for you… Read More
2016-09-30 17:08
Congratulations to all our lovely friends and colleagues around the world! September 30 is International Translation Day, and we celebrate St. Jerome, but of course that includes interpreter… Read More
2016-09-27 03:03
Image created on www.canva.comOur lovely colleague Jo Rourke of Silver Tongue Translations in the UK is hosting a live chat to discuss something that's very near and dear to all translators'… Read More
2016-09-05 19:16
It's Labor Day here in the U.S., and while we are not working that much today, we wanted to leave you, dear readers, with a brief post about business practices.For better or for worse, the v… Read More
2016-08-25 00:52
Time flies, doesn't it? Our favorite week of the year is almost around the corner, and readers of this blog will know that we are talking about the annual conference of the American Translat… Read More
2016-08-19 23:38
Both of us travel quite a bit for both work and for fun, but mostly it seems that we are on the road for work these days. Judy greatly prefers to travel with carry-on only, and most her trip… Read More
2016-07-29 04:25
At the tiny airport in Ixtapa, Mexico. Photo by Judy.Today's quick post is about two of our favorite things: interpreting and flying. Yes, we love to fly, and we fly a lot. Neither of us kno… Read More
2016-07-06 02:07
Dagy recently had the pleasure of being a mentor to young interpreters at the 3rd International Conference on Family-Centered Early Intervention for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing… Read More
2016-06-02 16:00
We oftentimes get this questions from beginners, students, those trying to achieve certification, and everyone in between. We are also constantly striving to become better interpreters… Read More
2016-05-31 23:36
Today marked the publishing of a blog post by our dear colleague Alina Cincan over at Inbox Translation, and it sure is an exciting day for those of us who want to discover new software tool… Read More
2016-05-24 01:56
Today's quick translation tip is simple and easy in theory, but not always that easy to do in practice.After you have finished the second draft of your translation, try the following. Read e… Read More
2016-05-20 15:06
Once again we are absolutely delighted to have been nominated in the Top Language Lovers 2016 competition! This humble blog has received several awards in the Languages Professionals categor… Read More
2016-04-12 20:07
Today's quick blog post is to let you know about one of Judy's upcoming workshops for the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT), which will hold its annual c… Read More
2016-04-11 04:40
Judy the White House tourist.Have you ever wondered what it's like to interpret for the President of the United States, currently Barack Obama? So have we, but we have never gotten anywhere… Read More
2016-03-29 03:32
Lexi the matchmaker (sort of).Do you ever wonder where in the universe you can meet clients? We can't say it enough: you can actually meet clients essentially anywhere. Allow us to elaborate… Read More
2016-03-18 20:38
Happy Friday, dear friends and colleagues! Today's quick post is to let you know about three of Judy's upcoming classes at the University of California San Diego. This spring, UC S… Read More
2016-03-08 01:21
The solution is on the left side.True to our tradition to occasionally poking fun at ourselves with the goal of having others learn from our mistakes, here's Judy's mistake of the week durin… Read More
2016-02-26 17:30
Created on www.canva.comAs a federally certified court interpreter for Spanish, Judy works with attorneys on an everyday basis. Most are quite grateful to have the services of an interpreter… Read More
2016-01-29 22:53
We speak Spanish, too. Photo taken in Mexico City.Happy Friday! For today's post, we figured we'd send you off into the weekend with some humor. Fellow Spanish court interpreters can surely… Read More
2016-01-16 00:12
Created on www.canva.comFirst things first: we are not experts on machine translation (MT) by any stretch of the imagination, but we certainly know that it's an incredibly polarizing topic i… Read More
2016-01-07 20:57
Image created on www.canva.com.Happy 2016, dear friends and colleagues! Time flies, doesn't it? We are both here in Vegas, trying to work only half-day (and occasionally failing at that), an… Read More
2015-12-28 23:40
It doesn't have to be top-notch. Image: Judy JennerAs this wonderful 2015 comes to an end, we've been thinking about New Year's resolutions for both ourselves and for the profession at large… Read More
2015-12-22 06:07
Created on www.canva.comToday's quick post is from the client perspective, because in addition to being services providers ourselves, we are quite oftentimes clients ourselves, meaning that… Read More
2015-12-03 01:38
Presidents Bachelet and Fischer and their interpreter. Photo credit: Peter Lechner/HBFHave you ever wondered what it's like to interpret at a high diplomatic level? Read on for Dagy's report… Read More
2015-12-01 01:36
Image created on www.canva.comCan you believe it's almost December? We can't--where has this year gone? We are busy putting together gifts for our lovely clients, and we wanted to share our… Read More
2015-11-16 18:45
Image from http://www.007.com/spectre/It's not often that interpreters play a role in big blockbuster movies, but maybe our moment has arrived courtesy of Bond, James Bond. We went to s… Read More
2015-11-13 18:45
Happy Friday, dear friends and colleagues! Today's brief post is another video featuring Judy and a brief interpreting tip that should help you increase your performance regardless of your i… Read More
2015-10-30 16:41
Happy Friday, dear friends and colleagues! We want to continue our tradition of video blog posts, and today we would like to share some brief thoughts that Judy has on the FCICE (Federal Cou… Read More
2015-10-26 18:07
After three months of waiting for a result of the oral portion of the Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination (FCICE) that she took in Tucson, Arizona, on July 21. She took… Read More
2015-10-07 23:58
The last ATA survey on translators' and interpreters' compensation dates back quite a few years, so we were excited to hear that the second-largest T&I organization in the world has now… Read More
2015-09-24 18:43
We have a confession to make: well, it's not really much of a confession, but we think Twitter is great. It's revolutionized communication in many ways, and it's a powerful and free tool for… Read More
2015-09-14 21:06
While it does not feel like fall here in Vegas (which we like), we wanted to include Judy's upcoming workshops for translators and interpreters during the next few months. We'd love to meet… Read More
2015-08-28 16:27
Happy Friday, dear readers! Today's your turn to share your English->Spanish pet peeves, and we know you have a lot of them (so do we). Here are the details: Judy is one of the spokespers… Read More
2015-08-21 01:23
We recently heard from our friends at InterpretAmerica that they have teamed up with USC Media Institute for Social Change and the non-profit No One Left Behind to make a movie about militar… Read More
2015-08-06 18:54
Without a doubt, the question we get the most from fellow linguists (especially beginning linguists) is: how do I get clients? How do I market my services?We have both had the pleasure of sp… Read More
2015-08-05 16:03
We recently heard about Wordycat through a colleague and are happy to spread the word about it. It's a new platform for translators, and before you roll your eyes and think "I've heard this… Read More
2015-08-03 21:45
Created on www.canva.comWe oftentimes get questions about how to get started in the profession, and that's a long answer. Actually, part of this blog is dedicated to answering precisely that… Read More
2015-07-30 00:51
Image: http://www.erika-fuchs.de/erika-fuchs/One of our dear German translator colleagues recently shared a gem of information with us: there's now a museum in Germany that honors a tra… Read More
2015-07-20 19:20
Today's quick blog post is a link to a video Judy recorded for Speechpool a few months ago. It's about what happens during deposition proceedings. While the video was recorded to practice in… Read More
2015-07-15 21:22
Created on www.canva.com.Today's quick tip doesn't really directly relate to interpreting technique, but it has everything to do with preparation. As many of our readers know, sight translat… Read More
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