Freelance English ↔ Polish Interpreter and Translator

Dagmara K Kubisiak d/b/a Elite Interpreting & Translation, L.L.C.

Freelance English ↔ Polish Interpreter and Translator

South Amboy, NJ • Tel: [phone] • Fax: [phone] • E-mail: [e-mail]

Master Certified Court Interpreter in NJ, PA & NY • Accredited Medical Interpreter • Translator
Interpreting: legal • medical • community • escort • simultaneous • consecutive • sight translation: legal hearings and trials, legal consultations, depositions, sworn statements, legal conferences, exams under oath, mediations, arbitrations, IMEs, SSA and MVD meetings, medical appointments

Translation: legal • medical • business • official documents: birth/marriage/death certificates, driver’s licenses, other government issued documents, court documents, agreements, medical reports, and school & college transcripts
CREDENTIALS

New York Unified Court - Certified Court Interpreter 10/2014 - present

NYS Office of Court Administration, New York, NY

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania – Master Level Certified Court Interpreter 09/2014 - present

Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, Philadelphia, PA

New Jersey Superior Court – Master Level Certified Court Interpreter 07/2014 - present

Administrative Office of New Jersey Courts, Trenton, NJ

***Ranked #1 Polish Interpreter by the Administrative Office of the NJ Courts***
Writing Proficiency Test (WPT) – Polish – Grade: Superior 05/08/2014

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

Reading Proficiency Test (RPT) – English – Grade: Superior 04/15/2014

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

Bridging the Gap (BTG) Medical Interpretation Course 03/2014

The Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP), New York, NY

Graduated a 40-hour nationally-recognized professional program focusing on development of interpreting skills and ethics, extensive build-up of medical terminology, including analysis of the human body systems, diseases and medical procedures through active role-play. Passed the final exam.

Certificate: Accredited Medical Interpreter

Notary Public of the State of New Jersey 10/05/2009 - present
EDUCATION AND TRAINING

NAJIT Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA 05/15/2015 – 05/17/2015

ATA 55^th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL 11/05/2014 – 11/08/2014
Consecutive Interpreting In Court – online course 07/14/2014 – 08/14/2014

New Mexico Center for Language Access, New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts

Successfully completed the course of study prescribed for Consecutive Interpreting: Theory and Practice.
de la Mora Online Comprehensive Skill Building Course 06/23/2014 – 08/04/2014

Successfully completed 10.5 hours of Court Interpreter Training.

An ATA Chapter “Success in the 21st Century”, Spring Seminar 04/05/2014

Delaware Valley Translators Association (DVTA), Radnor, PA

ATA CE Points: 6, AOPC CEUs: 5
de la Mora Interpreter Training, Newark, NJ 03/22/2014

Successfully completed 7 hours of Interpreter Training in the Consecutive Skill Building Workshop.

Interpreter Orientation Workshop 02/22/2014 - 02/23/2014

Sponsored by Pennsylvania Interpreter Certification Program, Philadelphia, PA

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Administrative Office of PA Courts

Successfully completed the program which covered interpreting as a profession, the state's judicial system, ethics and professional development, interpreting skills and modes of interpretation and included active exercises.

iinterpreters Legal Interpretation Course – Final Grade: 96% 02/2013 – 04/2013

Graduated Court Interpreting Preparatory Course in the Polish-English language combination and successfully completed 80 hours of intensive training which consisted of consecutive and simultaneous interpreting and sight translation practice, legal terminology and legal system overview.

Catholic University of Poland (KUL), Lublin, Poland 10/1995 – 01/2003

Major: English Philology

Specialization: Phonology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Interpreter and Translator 03/2003 – present

Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting at Immigration, Workers’ Comp, Municipal and Supreme Court proceedings, in law offices, hospitals and medical specialty clinics: PT, Cardiology, Orthopedics, Neurology, Gastroenterology, as well as various institutions: Social Security Administration, Immigration and Naturalization Services and Motor Vehicle Agencies.

Translation of legal, medical, business and educational documents – approximately 50,000 words.

Paralegal

Martin, Kane & Kuper, LLC, Robert J. Zullo, Esq., East Brunswick, NJ 06/2011– 01/2014

Handled litigation in the field of Probate Court matters.

Yampaglia Law Office, Rutherford, NJ 03/2007 – 01/2008

Law Offices of Fred Rabinowitz, Clifton, NJ 08/2005 – 02/2007

Handled litigation in the field of Workers’ Compensation and Personal Injury cases. Prepared and filed legal documents including complaints, answers to interrogatories, motions and claim petitions.

Prepared medical packages and filed PIP arbitrations.

Handled litigation in the field of Municipal and Family Court matters.

Provided interpreting and translation services in cases involving Polish speaking clients.
Weekly Advice Columnist

Polish Daily News “Nowy Dziennik” 12/2010 – 10/2012

Created and wrote a popular weekly column entitled “Speak like an American”. Advised readers, in Polish, on how to acquire the English language efficiently and how to avoid the most common pitfalls in the process – all from the teacher’s and avid language enthusiast’s point of view.
Teacher of English 1997 - 2010

Teaching of the English language in both public as well as private schools and to private students.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT )• American Translators Association (ATA) • Delaware Valley Translators Association (DVTA) • New York Circle of Translators (NYCT) • ProZ.com

• Mid-America Chapter of the ATA (MICATA)

CLEARANCES

New Jersey: Criminal Background Clearance by the NJ State Police

Pennsylvania: PA Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 151), Federal Criminal History Background Clearance by FBI, Criminal Background Clearance by the PA State Police (Act 34)

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