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• Professional Legal Interpreting (Chinese/English)

  Build upon your current English and Chinese language skills, learning to interpret clearly and accurately between English and Chinese in legal matters or court proceedings involving low English proficiency persons, lawyers, and public officials. Acquire consecutive and simultaneous interpreting skills that cover proceedings including pretrial, deposition, discovery, cross-examination, arraignment, sentencing, and summation. Prepare for certification with the NCSC or the NYS Unified Court System.

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• Professional Legal Interpreting (Spanish/English)

  Build upon your current English and Spanish language skills, learning to interpret clearly and accurately between English and Spanish in legal matters or court proceedings involving low English proficiency persons, lawyers, and public officials. Learn to interpret by simulating day-to-day client-attorney consultation, public administration, civil litigation, and criminal trial and investigation. Prepare for certification with the NCSC or the NYS Unified Court System.

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• Professional Medical Interpreting (Chinese/English)

  Parlay your current English and Chinese language skills into a career as an interpreter, addressing the day-to-day occurrences of critical point-of-care delivery, from ambulance and bedside attendance to ICU staff support, hospice care, and patient-family mediation. Train in consecutive, verbatim, summary, and modular interpreting, as well as in sight translation. Prepare for CMI or CHI certification.

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• Professional Medical Interpreting (Spanish/English)

  Turn your current English and Spanish language skills into a career as an interpreter, addressing the day-to-day occurrences of critical point-of-care delivery, from ambulance and bedside attendance to ICU staff support, hospice care, and patient-family mediation. Train in consecutive, verbatim, summary, and modular interpreting, as well as in sight translation. Prepare for CMI or CHI certification.

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• Professional Translation (Arabic to English)

  There is great demand for qualified Arabic to English translators who can work on a wide range of subjects. Learn to handle the daily traffic of international correspondence in Arabic and English with speed, confidence, and improved fluency. This is an ideal option for professionals who seek to enhance their education and their value to employers.

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• Professional Translation (English to Spanish)

  Gain hands-on training in the translation of documents from English to Spanish in a wide range of fields--financial, commercial, medical, legal, and literary. Build a portfolio of translations and develop the confidence to handle assignments with speed and fluency. Learn critical editing and proofreading skills.

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• Professional Translation (French to English)

  Gain hands-on training in the translation of documents from French to English in a wide range of fields--financial, commercial, medical, legal, and literary. Build a portfolio of translations and develop the confidence to handle assignments with speed and fluency. Learn critical editing and proofreading skills.

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• Professional Translation (Language Neutral)

  Receive an introduction to the subject-specific knowledge and terminology required to work in today's translation environment. Learn about best practices and multilingual business resources, with a focus on interlanguage issues. Build a portfolio of translations and develop the confidence to handle assignments with speed and fluency.

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• Professional Translation (Spanish to English)

  Gain hands-on training in the translation of documents from Spanish to English in a wide range of fields--financial, commercial, medical, legal, and literary. Build a portfolio of translations and develop the confidence to handle assignments with speed and fluency. Learn critical editing and proofreading skills.

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• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

  Teaching English to speakers of other languages is a dynamic and fast-growing profession. This program provides students with the skills needed to pursue a rewarding teaching career in language schools, community education programs, corporations, and other private settings in the US and in countries throughout the world. Learn effective classroom-management skills and current teaching methods and techniques for creating a learner-centered classroom environment.

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