Couldn't them give the prisoner a chair to sit? lol.

Is this van zandt county courtroom?

interpretaciòn excelente!

Why does the Spanish interpreter appear frustrated and annoyed?

As a fellow interpreter I am so proud of Mr. Perales interpretation, extremely skilled and knowledgeable with court and legal terminology in which takes a lot of practice. I am constantly practicing and I feel like videos like these are so helpful in understanding legal/court terminology more and more. It's excellent for studying so thank you.

wow! This is interpreter did an AMAZING job!! very proud of you!

Wow , lots of detail😮

Hey look! It's Leo.

Gran trabajo el del interprete.

Bravo!!? Great job colega!

To me the interpreter passed the court interpreter test y me quito el sombrero!

Just to add my ‘other ‘two cents: normally to pass any given interpreter test : federal,state, authorized entities or agency,’s employer’s -the system allows the interpreter to be exact and accurate only in 80% or 70% of the expected answers. So, you can have an idea about how hard is to give a scoring in real life if all the above mentioned gap is given when the individual is seeking certification.

He is having to translate a lot at a time.

I’m afraid to tell anyone that interpreters are human beings practicing a hard skill and it’s going to very difficult to find perfection, like it or not some details always fail, even at the United Nations , interpreters make small mistakes here and there without really hurting the message conveyance.😮

Great Job Interpreter! Good material.

Learn English! Problem solved

This is such a good material, I am new on legal interpreting, which I still find very dificult, and this video is very helpul since it´s the closest to a real scenario. Thanks for uploading!

The judge and lawyers need to be considerate and slow the heck down. I would have told them to slow down for accuracy .

Looks like he’s not translating exactly what is being said but more of an idea of what is being said

Insightful video into the workings of a court appearance using an interpreter. So far only notable moments to me include: @4:25 The interpreter states the accused's name as Martin Jelson (?) instead of Martin Valdez. I think this was a pseudo-transposition of the attorney Jackson's name for 'Jelson'. @15:40 The judge says "Just a moment, I'm going to find that information and give it to you.", but this is not interpreted, so it seems that there is a system in place whereby extraneous conversations like this one do not need to be interpreted, which I am glad to see. Even when he resumes at 16:58, stating "I don't see with a pretrial setting...", that is not interpreted. It is not after both the judge and the attorney agree on a date for the pretrial (18:03) that the interpreter resumes interpreting at 19:02 and ends at 19:15 Now, the judge clarified at 18:23 what kind of motions may be filed, ending at 18:52, so about 30 seconds of clarifications; the interpreter did away with the motion examples (in limine, etc.) so he interpreted all this in 20 seconds flat. Last, the judge asks the interpreter @19:53 "Alright, does he have any questions, Mr. Perales?", which he interprets as "Mr. Martinez, do you have any additional question?" That is a first one for me lol. Overall, very smooth hearing for all parties involved.

Great job!

Great job interpreter....impeccable. thank you for the quality video!

This was a great video. I'm interviewing for a court interpreter posiitint on Sept. 11th. I'm a little nervous, but excited at the same time. I have been soeakingt Spanish since I was a child (I'm 52) but I have never used legal terminology before. So, that part seems a little challenging.

Que paso despues?... Jaja... se lo pidio al interprete y despues al juez... Que paso!

This is just the type of video I was searching for! I was wondering how a case with 2 languages would work. It must be a lot of pressure being a translator in this situation. I imagine there was a time where this accommodation wasn't or couldn't be provided, and wonder how many people were falsely prosecuted just because they didn't speak English or were illiterate.

It takes many years of experience to get to this level!!!! He knows what is going on!

😮😮great memory he has 😅

This will help me with my Legal Spanish Translation studies

That’s way too much to translate at once they need to slow down.

Wow this was incredibly interesting. I am studying translation and interpretation and hopefully to become a medical or court interpreter.

How much this interpreter made for those 20 mins anybody knows? Im studying right now to become a court interpreter

The interpreter did an amazing job 🎉

This is a situation where simultaneous interpretation would make more sense. To my knowledge, unless the judge or an attorney are speaking directly to the defendant/accused, then the interpreter should interpret simultaneously. It is only when he/she is being addressed that the interpreter should do consecutive interpretation.

Great video. They should speak a little more slowly because at this pace ensuring accuracy is complicated I know there are interpreters capable of doing that but he is clearly not. I am not saying he did a bad job I guess I would have use my tools to clarify as needed.

Great job interpreter, I was wondering if you are taking notes on a notebook or a computer? Excellent memory retention.

Not meant to be a dick, because this interpretation was very tough... BUT... the interpretation was not accurate, he omitted, added and changed a lot of information. He conveyed the message, but not accurately.

Congratulations to the Spanish Interpreter! As an interpreter myself, it was very helpful to come across this video recording. He did a great job! 👍