11-18-2017, 05:03 PM
I am a court interpreter for Connecticut's Judicial Branch.
I like the variety, as I get to work on criminal, civil, and juvenile cases, and really learn a lot. I might transition and get a law degree sometime in the future.
Besides the benefits of being in public service, I like the fact that when I leave at five, work stays at work and doesn't follow me home.
I dislike the slow days where I don't interpret, but have to translate court forms. Much less interesting.
I got into the field because I spent the better part of my late teens and twenties living abroad, and when my wife and I decided to come back to the US, it seemed like a fun field to transition to. It's not my chosen field of teaching English as a second language, but the scene for ESL abroad is much different from stateside.
I like the variety, as I get to work on criminal, civil, and juvenile cases, and really learn a lot. I might transition and get a law degree sometime in the future.
Besides the benefits of being in public service, I like the fact that when I leave at five, work stays at work and doesn't follow me home.
I dislike the slow days where I don't interpret, but have to translate court forms. Much less interesting.
I got into the field because I spent the better part of my late teens and twenties living abroad, and when my wife and I decided to come back to the US, it seemed like a fun field to transition to. It's not my chosen field of teaching English as a second language, but the scene for ESL abroad is much different from stateside.
