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Holly Behl Joins University of Texas at Arlington Faculty for Legal Interpreting

Holly Behl has accepted a position teaching in the undergraduate Translation and Interpreting program at the University of Texas at Arlington. She joins the Modern Languages Department with many of the professors whose classes shaped her undergraduate experience, and will have the pleasure of teaching specialized interpreting topics such as interpreting in legal settings.

She will continue to accept projects involving Spanish to English translations of legal documents and serving as an expert witness on translation issues.

DIY Interpreting – Money saver or false economy?

This month’s Texas Bar Journal features DIY Depositions, an article exploring the pros and cons of recording depositions without a certified court reporter. The relevant statutes allow this practice under certain exceptions, but the author’s conclusion is that the inconveniences, risks, and resources required are usually not worth the meager savings of eliminating the services of a professional, certified court reporter.

The question of avoiding interpreter fees is also relevant for many law practices. Some bilingual attorneys interpret for their clients’ testimony when possible, and even more use bilingual assistants to interpret during pre-appearance preparations.  One attorney recently posted on Facebook in praise of a bilingual Justice of the Peace judge who allowed pro se litigants to proceed in Spanish, saving the parties hundreds of dollars in interpreter fees.

It’s true that there are ways to save on interpreter fees–but do they provide a true savings or a false economy?

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