October 2018

   

Cross-Cultural Communication, Legal Translation, and Court Interpreting

 

Program PLUS Book      

 

Program Description:

As cultural diversity increases in America, developing strong cross-cultural communication skills helps us better communicate with people from other cultures. In the legal profession, it is especially important to understand cultural nuances in order to better represent our clients. This program focuses on unique issues arising from working with people from other cultures in the legal system.  

 

Through a better understanding of other cultures, we can better communicate with people from other societies, even if we do not speak their language. Sometimes, even when working with an interpreter, misunderstandings may occur due to cultural biases and preconceptions, or by failing to consider other peoples' experiences with foreign legal systems.  

 

This program will give an overview of Latin American culture and legal systems and the cultural norms that mold communication in those cultures. The program will also cover comparative law.

   

About the Book  

   

Legal Terminology Dictionary-English/Spanish; Spanish/English: A Bilingual Dictionary for Legal Translation and Court Interpreting, 1st Edition  

 

This new comprehensive bilingual legal dictionary is not only written for legal professionals such as court interpreters, legal translators, attorneys, and legal staff, but is also intended for use by all those who need to read or write documents, letters and forms in Spanish, or need to translate from English into Spanish or from Spanish into English. The editor of this dictionary has applied his twenty-seven years of experience as staff interpreter of the Colorado Courts and his extensive experience as a language teacher to create a valuable resource for not only to court interpreters, attorneys, and legal staff, but also business translators, linguists, language teachers, and law students. It is an excellent study resource for those who wish to improve their legal vocabulary in English and Spanish, and is especially useful for those who wish to prepare for court interpreter certification exams.  

 

This bilingual dictionary is a detailed study of the legal terminology used in courtrooms and documents in the U.S.A. and Latin America. And, it is easy to use: the translations of terms are presented in the sequence that is most often used in the legal context in the process of translation and interpretation.  

 

Sean Dean Stromberg has also translated the book: Como entablar un divorcio

en el Estado de Colorado (How to File for Divorce in the State of Colorado).

   

Legal Terminology Dictionary-English/Spanish; Spanish/English: A Bilingual Dictionary for Legal Translation and Court Interpreting, 1st Edition

Print Book - CBA Member: $41.9   Non-Member: $46.95;

CLE Item Number: (ZLTDBB18B)

 

PDF e-Book - CBA Member: $36.9   Non-Member: $41.95;

CLE Item Number: (ZLTDBE18E)

   

PROGRAM CHAIR and FACULTY:  

   

Sean Dean Stromberg

Stromberg Interpreters/Translators

Sean Dean Stromberg is a federally certified court interpreter and has worked as an interpreter for over thirty years. He has been a staff interpreter at the 20th Judicial District Courts, in Boulder, Colorado for 27 years. Before starting his own Court Interpreting Company in 1986, Stromberg Interpreters/Translators, Sean taught English and Spanish in Mexico, California, and Colorado. Sean continues to teach Spanish and court interpreting skills. Sean has taught court interpreting through the University of Colorado, the University of Denver, and the University of Arizona. Sean is the author of Legal Terminology Dictionary-English/Spanish $2022; Spanish/English: A Bilingual Dictionary for Legal Translation and Court Interpreting, 1st Edition. Sean travels extensively in Mexico and South America for research and study in linguistics. Sean is an avid photographer and cartographer.  

   

FACULTY:  

Rogelio Hernández-Flores

Beyond Borders, Solutions for International Business

Rogelio Hernández-Flores is Founder and Managing Director for Beyond-Borders, Solutions for International Business, offering Intercultural Communication Strategies and Mediation Services. He provides professional Multicultural Mediation Services in English and Spanish, specializing in Bilingual/Bicultural mediation, conflict coaching, and cross-cultural business solutions.

He completes cross-border business assignments within and across the U.S., Latin America, and various Asian cultures, combined with interpreting, mediation, and conflict resolution training in the U.S., which strengthens his ability to communicate across differing perspectives and allows him to apply his talent and diplomacy to help people cooperate with each other, finding practical and realistic solutions.  

   

Gianfranco Sotomayor

   

 

CBA-CLE Publications to Watch For:   

Discovery in Colorado, First Edition ZDICOB17B  

And  

Evidence in Colorado - A Practical Guide, First Edition ZEICAB18B