Testing interpreters: Developing, administering, and scoring court interpreter certification exams

Translation and Interpreting

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-93

  Feuerle, Lois ^a  

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Author keywords

CLAC; Consortium for Language Access in the Courts; Consortium for State Court Interpreter Certification; Consortium test; Court interpreter; Court interpreter exams; Court interpreter testing; Interpreter testing; federal court interpreter examination; NAJIT test; National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators; National Center for State Courts; NCSC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877286209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18369324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12807/ti.105201.2013.a04     Document Type: Review

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