Holly Mikkelson Conference

Advanced Training for Legal Interpreters and Translators

Instructor: HOLLY MIKKELSON

Come enhance your legal interpreting and translation skills in this hands-on one day workshop conducted by this world-renowned trainer and consultant. This interactive, information-packed worshop will cover the following topics: Characteristics of Legal Language, Comparative Law (with emphasis in Common Law as compared to Civil Law), and how to translate Court Documents and Legislation from the US and Spanish-speaking countries.

January 19, 2013
9:00 – 4:30 pm
California State University Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834
Titan Theatre

About the Trainer:

Holly Mikkelson is Adjunct Professor of Translation and Interpretation at the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation, Monterey Institute of International Studies, a Graduate School of Middlebury College.She is an ATA-certified translator (Spanish>English, English>Spanish) and a state and federally certified court interpreter who has taught translation and interpreting for over 35 years. She is the author of Introduction to Court Interpreting as well as the Acebo interpreter training manuals and numerous articles on translation and interpretation. She is also a coauthor of Fundamentals of Court Interpretation: Theory, Policy and Practice .Professor Mikkelson has consulted with many state and private entities on interpreter testing and training, and has presented lectures and workshops to interpreters and related professionals throughout the world.

About the location:

California State University Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd

Fullerton, CA 92834
Conference Room: Titan Theatre: http://asi.fullerton.edu/tsu/map.asp

Califonia State University, Fullerton Detailed Campus Map:
http://parking.fullerton.edu/_documents/parking/DetailedCampusMap.pdf

Califonia State University, Fullerton Detailed Printable Map (includes parking lots):
http://parking.fullerton.edu/_documents/parking/PrintableCampusMap.pdf

The parking Lot closest to TSU is named State College Parking Structure (SCPS) (located at the intersection of Student Union Way & State College) Building structures are coded in orange and

Parking Structures/lots coded in purple

Early-bird registration (by December 15th, 2012): $155

On-site registration: $170

*Students: $125

*Students (or recent graduates) in a translation, interpreting or related program.

Continuing Education Credit: ATA – 6 units, CIMCE – 6 units (CIMCE # L2846), Oregon Certified Court Interpreters – 6 language specific CEUs, RID – 0.06 CEUs

~ Complimentary lunch will be provided ~

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