Court Interpreter - Mandarin – Spanish - Vietnamese

The Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara invites applications from Court Interpreters certified by the State of California who are willing to work for the Santa Clara Superior Court on a full-time basis.  Work is performed in an office and courtroom environment involving continuous contact with judges, staff, attorneys, litigants, community groups, and the public.

Court Interpreters provide an essential public service, giving assistance to non-English speaking parties. They perform a wide variety of language interpretation activities on an assigned and as needed basis for the court and for parties to proceedings, other court personnel, and the public and perform other job related duties.

Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, Court Interpreters provide verbal interpretations of questions, testimony, arguments and other courtroom proceedings fore defendants, judges, counsel, jurors, witnesses and others; sight translation of written materials and legal documents in the courtroom.