What Languages Are In High Demand For Legal And Court Interpreter Jobs?
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- To become a court interpreter, it’s important to have a strong command of English and the target language, as well as a thorough understanding of the US legal system and terminology.
- The high barriers to gaining this expertise, often referred to as “legalese,” explains why some states have a large concentration of speakers of certain language groups yet still have a shortage of court interpreters for that group.
- Interpreter training is necessary to acquire a court interpreter certification.
- Each state has its own requirements and certification process.
- Many States recommend that interpreters specialize in commonly-needed languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, and Haitian Creole.
- Languages and court interpreter jobs by state:
- According to Bureau of Labor statistics, the top states with court interpreter jobs are California, Virginia, New York, Texas, and Arizona.
- To illustrate this, in California and Virginia, there is a growing need for Tagalog and Korean court interpreters.
- On the other hand, in Texas, court interpreters are often needed for Punjabi, Tagalog and Simplified Chinese.
- Similarly, in New York, court interpreters are required for Punjabi, Urdu and Bengali.
- Considering the fact that most people who speak these languages cannot interpret directly into English, they must resort to relay interpreting.
- Court interpreter jobs and immigration patterns
- Some groups are more predominant in specific areas due to historical immigration trends.
- In Massachusetts, the largest population of Portuguese Americans is on the East Coast, since they originally settled in Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.
- New York and Chicago hold the largest population of Indians in the US.
- With the recent influx of migrants from Mexico and central America, court interpreters are perhaps needed more than ever.
- Immigration will continue to have a direct effect on interpreting demand, as all people, regardless of language, deserve to be treated the same before the law.
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