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Information for Prospective Interpreters for the Courts

Interpreters looking to work with the Trial Court Office of Language Access (OLA) must understand the organization's expected ethical standards. Find out what the application process and requirements are to become a court interpreter.

The workshop and the ethics exam are a mandatory requirement for all active OLA screened and certified interpreters. Interpreters who didn’t participate in the previous workshop/exam period must register the next time it becomes available. Only interpreters on OLA’s list of interpreters are eligible to attend the workshop.

Become a court interpreter

Information about court interpreter positions  Apply for a court interpreter position 

Ethics Exam & Workshop

OLA interpreters must complete a mandatory Ethics Workshop and Exam to provide services with OLA.

Ethics Workshop  Ethics Exam  Instructions for the Ethics Exam 

Prospective interpreter resources

OLA documents & forms  American Translators Association  Critical Link-International Council for Development of Community Interpreting  National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators  International Federation of Translators  New England Translators Association  National Center for State Courts (Court Interpretation) 

Contact Information

Address

Two Center Plaza, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
Directions 

Online

For general questions: Email Office of Language Access at OLA2@jud.state.ma.us
For requests for Spanish language access: Email Office of Language Access at spanishaccess@jud.state.ma.us
For requests for language access for Languages Other Than Spanish (LOTS): Email Office of Language Access at lotsaccess@jud.state.ma.us

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