CA Court Certified Interpreter Oral Exam Preparation [4 hrs.]

This course requires a good level of fluency and comprehension in both Spanish and English and is developed to help participants studying for the State of California Court Interpreter Certification Oral Exam. You will learn how to prepare for the exam with practical test-taking techniques, strategies in consecutive and simultaneous interpretation, and sight translation training. In addition, participants will leave this class with practice materials and a list of legal terminology which will expand your chance of success.

Sign up now on our registration page to guarantee your seat in this course, or call us Monday through Friday between 1pm and 4pm at 510-655-9469.

Enrollment is limited!

Instructor’s Bio

Angela Zawadzki, PhD. has over 20 years of experience as an English-Spanish Federal and California State certified interpreter, skilled in simultaneous, consecutive and sight interpreting. She is also an English-Italian interpreter in the legal and private sectors. She has worked both in the United States and abroad in a variety of settings such as State and Federal courts, attorney-client interviews, depositions, administrative hearings, technical and business conferences, training seminars, press conferences, bilateral/multilateral negotiation talks, film festivals, among others. In addition, she is an experienced language and literature instructor in Spanish, French, and Italian, as well as a trainer of legal, community, and educational interpreters and bilingual personnel. She also designs and teaches workshops for Spanish interpreters planning to take the California State interpreter exam. Angela earned her graduate degree in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. Angela was born in Colombia, and has lived in Colombia, the Netherlands, France, and Italy.