Resources

Applications

Please do not fill out an application and send it to the Certification and Training Program unless you have completed all other requirements for the credential.

• Application for the Oregon Certified Court Interpreter Credential via Reciprocity
• Application for the ASL Oregon Certified Court Interpreter Credential via Reciprocity
• Oregon Certified Court Interpreter Credential Renewal Application
• ASL Oregon Certified Court Interpreter Credential Renewal Application
• Oregon Registered Court Interpreter Credential Renewal Application

Forms

Continuing Education

• Oregon Court Language Access Services Ethics Webinar Recordings

Resources for Interpreting in Oregon

• Interpreting Recommendations When the Court Interpreter is Asked to Interpret Outside of Court or Off the Record - "The 10 Minute Rule"
• Interpreting Concerns When the Interpreter is Asked to Interpret on Standby
• Explaining a Conflict of Interest to the Court
• Interpreting Concerns When the Court Interpreter is Asked to Interpret non-English Recorded Evidence into English
• Interpreting Concerns When the Court Interpreter is Asked to Sight-Interpret/Translate non-English Written Evidence into English
• Interpreting for Victims
• Code of Professional Responsibility for Interpreters in the Oregon Courts
• The Role of the Interpreter in the Legal System (Supreme Court of Ohio Video)

Professional Associations

• American Translators Association (ATA)
• California Court Interpreters Association (CCIA)
• California Federation of Interpreters (CFI)
• Consortium for Language Access in the Courts
• National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT)
• National Center for State Courts
• Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters
• Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society (NOTIS)
• Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)
• Washington State Court Interpreters and Translators Society (WITS)

Legal Dictionaries and Glossaries

• National Center for State Courts Legal Glossaries and Dictionaries - Resources include monolingual and bilingual reference materials for legal terminology developed by courts, court-stakeholders, and academic bodies.  The resources listed include materials that are not products of the National Center for State Courts.
• Duhaime's English Legal Dictionary Online
• Law.com English Legal Dictionary
• Maupin Taylor & Ellis, P.A. Glossary of Terms for Judiciary Interpreters
• United States Courts. Glossary of Legal Terms
• National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers - Legal Terminology
• Essential Dictionaries for Interpreters (13 Languages)
• United Nations Multilingual Terminology Database
• NCSC English Legal Glossary
• Oregon Standardized English-Spanish Legal Terms
• Oregon English-Russian Legal Terms (alphabetized)
• Oregon English-Russian Legal Terms (by category)
• Vancouver Community College Multilingual Legal Glossary (7 Languages)
• Washington Courts' Listing of Multilingual Legal Glossaries (16 Languages)
• Wisconsin Compilation of Interpreter Glossaries (16 Languages)
• Chuukese Glossary
• Benchcards and Glossaries on Immigration Court
• English Korean Legal Glossary
• Superior Court of California County of Sacramento Legal Glossaries (13 Languages)
• Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) resources for multiple languages (10 Languages)