{"174":{"first":"Altin","last":"Kosta"},"188":"I have not.","173":"2019-10-01","175":"altinkosta@hotmail.com","176":"215-290-9783","177":{"street":"7600 Roosevelt Blvd","street2":"Apt. 409","city":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","zip":"19152","country":"United States"},"178":"From the very first moment I read about this course, I felt that the opportunity for a long awaited professional and personal betterment was within my grasp, and I decided not to let it go. \r\n\r\nLinguistics jobs have always been my work priority because that's where my strength lies. The intrinsic motivation to increase increase my knowledge of other languages by constantly stretching my limits has helped me carry out responsibilities on the job with self confidence and efficiency. \r\n\r\nWhile I enjoyed being an interpreter\/translator in my country of origin, as well as a WOL (world language) teacher in  NJ, working as a free lance medical interpreter for roughly 10 months now, has been disappointing, to put it mildly.\r\n\r\nAssignments are interesting, and something I look forward to with excitement. Unfortunately, there are not enough of them. Weeks can go by without one. The greater an interpreter's availability and flexibility is,  the less assignments they receive. Favoritism towards people who have been with the (any) language company for a longer time is discouraging for the ones who start later.  The quality of interpretation is not taken into consideration because it is not measurable; if it is, no one cares to measure or evaluate it. As long as the company is able to bill the State, many medical interpreters get away with language and ethical shortcomings, such as leaving before the finish time after having taken the patient's word that they will not tell. \r\n\r\nUnlike an unsupervised medical interpreter, a court interpreter is under public scrutiny, therefore for them to act at their own discretion is unthinkable. In my humble opinion, where there is accountability, there is no place for mediocrity. Accountability may be tough but fair, in that it promotes and rewards the better qualified people. \r\n\r\nSpeaking of which, I do not have the presumption of considering myself a poster of quality, neither is it likely for it to happen in the future! I like to believe that one day I will be able to handle the court interpreter's microphone with enough competence to not embarrass myself and the court.\r\n\r\nMy knowledge about the legal system in the US (or anywhere else) is next to nothing. The technical lingo is just as limited. Nonetheless, I still want to be a court interpreter. I want to broaden my range of language skills to cover more areas possible. Interpreting in court is not just about terminology; I am sure it involves other skills.\r\n\r\nI strongly believe I will learn everything I need in order to get the State Diploma\/Certification, and be able to serve as an interpreter in court proceedings, by attending Delaware Law.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe accountability of a free lance medical interpreter is not defined in clear terms. The performance on the job is not something the language service compoanies are interested in simply because it is never evaluated. Whether onperformance is \r\n\r\nFavoritism, more often than not, rewards mediocre interpreters as long as language agencies are able to bill the State, at the expense of the more talented and dedicated ones is discouraging and off-putting for the latter. \r\n\r\nUnless a medical interpreter, who can get away easily with a variety of shortcomings a court interpreter is under direct scrutiny while they are performing their task during a trial.  in order to handle the pressure and be up to par with their responsibilities It is my personal understanding  They have to be very well prepared, and constantly striving to improve. I like languages, I like to work with languages, Hopefully I will get good enough to make a name for myself and earn the privilege of being entrusted with enough work to make a living out of it. ","179":"Not knowing how it works with court interpreters, whether there is enough work to keep them busy more often than not, it would feel awkward for me to say that my long term plan is to be hired full time. I do not even know if that is an option. \r\n\r\nFor a starter, I guess I will have to send one or more applications (?), be accepted, asked to perform an assignment, make a good impression the first time, continue to study so I do not get caught unprepared the next time after the first, work hard to build a good reputation, so I can get more and more work, and ... as for the rest, time will tell. As I mentioned, I still do not know how far one can go once they get the Certificate Program and the PA Certification.","180":"I believe I already touched on this when I answered the previous question.","181":"Altin Kosta"}