Federally Certified Spanish Court Interpreter

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Training & development

Global Impact Group LLC, doing business as Global Language System, is recruiting a highly qualified Federally Certified Spanish Court Interpreter for a full-time, on-site federal government assignment in Denver, Colorado.

This position is contingent upon contract award, successful Government approval of the proposed candidate, completion of required background and suitability reviews, and authorization to begin performance.

The selected linguist will provide Spanish-English interpretation, translation, transcription, and linguistic support for federal criminal investigations, prosecutions, attorney case preparation, witness and victim communications, hearings, and trials.

• Provide simultaneous and consecutive Spanish-English interpretation.
• Interpret during attorney-client meetings, witness interviews, proffers, debriefings, trial preparation sessions, hearings, and other legal proceedings.
• Perform sight translation of legal, investigative, evidentiary, and administrative documents.
• Translate documents from Spanish into English and English into Spanish.
• Translate legal correspondence, affidavits, complaints, indictments, motions, orders, plea agreements, subpoenas, warrants, discovery materials, emails, text messages, medical records, financial records, and other case-related materials.
• Transcribe and translate Spanish-language audio and video recordings.
• Prepare verbatim transcripts with timestamps, speaker identification, overlapping-speech notation, and inaudible markers.
• Produce bilingual, side-by-side, or line-aligned transcripts when requested.
• Review and proofread translations and transcripts for completeness, accuracy, terminology, grammar, and formatting.
• Evaluate translations and transcripts prepared by other linguists and document any discrepancies.
• Maintain case-specific terminology lists and glossaries.
• Explain regional dialects, slang, idiomatic expressions, cultural references, tone, and linguistic nuances.
• Protect confidential, law-enforcement-sensitive, grand-jury, sealed, attorney-work-product, and personally identifiable information.
• Maintain accurate assignment records, status reports, and deliverable logs.
• Use Government-approved equipment, systems, and secure information-handling procedures.

Applicants must meet all the following requirements:

• Current Spanish-English Federal Court Interpreter Certification obtained through successful completion of the Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination.
• Native or near-native professional fluency in spoken and written Spanish and English.
• Demonstrated experience providing simultaneous and consecutive legal interpretation.
• Demonstrated experience performing sight translation.
• Experience translating legal, criminal-justice, law-enforcement, or court-related documents.
• Experience transcribing and translating Spanish-language audio or video recordings.
• Strong knowledge of legal terminology in both English and Spanish.
• Ability to produce accurate, complete, and professionally formatted written deliverables.
• Ability to work independently in a high-security legal environment.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and professional impartiality.
• Ability to obtain and maintain all required Government background, suitability, security, facility-access, and system-access approvals.
• Ability to work full time and on site in Denver, Colorado.
• Ability to provide documentation verifying Federal Court Interpreter Certification.

• At least five years of recent legal interpretation, translation, or transcription experience.
• Experience supporting federal criminal investigations or prosecutions.
• Experience working with U.S. Attorney’s Offices, federal courts, public defender offices, law-enforcement agencies, or comparable criminal-justice organizations.
• Experience interpreting for witnesses, victims, defendants, attorneys, investigators, or law-enforcement personnel.
• Experience with grand-jury proceedings, hearings, trials, proffers, depositions, or evidentiary reviews.
• Experience translating pleadings, warrants,…