Résumé for Diane E. Teichman

Work experience and Credentials

 

 

 

Citizenship

United States Citizen Birthplace: Davenport, Iowa, USA

Education

Elementary:     American School Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico  

High School:    Wayland Academy, College Preparatory, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 

University:       BA International Relations, BA Spanish Studies, University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati, Ohio

 

Career Summation

• I have specialized as a Judiciary Interpreter and translator since 1980 

• I am licensed by the State of Texas as a Licensed Court Interpreter, License # 393

• I have worked in over 5000 legal cases including but not limited to covering Civil, Criminal, Family, Entertainment, Probate, Immigration, Tax and Maritime law

• I have qualified, evaluated and trained over 90 interpreters and translators

•  Series Editor of the interpreter instruction text series “Professional Interpreting In The Real World”, Multilingual Matters Publishing Company, Clevedon Hall, England.  Text Titles include:

• The Interpreters Guide to the Vehicular Accident Lawsuit, by Josef Buenker

• Interpretation Techniques and Exercises, by James Nolan 

Audio and Video Recording Transcription/Translation
I have interpreted and transcribed over 1,000 hours of audio files, video, DVD and cassette tapes

Training
I have over 215 hours of Interpretation and translation training consisting of workshops, seminars video training courses.  Training providers include Berlitz Language Services, Inlingua Interpretation Services, National Association of Judicial Interpreters &Translators and American Translators Association.

Licenses and Clearance

I have a TS level Security Clearance
I am licensed as a Court Interpreter by the State of Texas, License #393

Exams Passed

FBI Language Specialist. Examination: written, verbal and background examination.
Immigration EOI interpretation   Examiner:  Berlitz for the Department of Justice

Related Linguistic Work

• 1968 Olympics, Mexico City, Mexico; English<>Spanish Media /Athlete Interpreter

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Industrial Documentary Translation and Voice-over narration

• University of Houston Graduate Course Professor of Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition for the Bilingual Educator’s Certificate Program

• Linguistic consultant for Name Generation clients. 

• Private Corporate Firms, English accent coach.          

• Bilingual Outplacement Trainer for King Chapman Brussard & Gallagher, Houston, Texas, for the pioneer program delivered in Mexico for a major Mexican multinational corporation.

• Inlingua School of Languages in Cincinnati, Ohio Instructor, interpreter and cultural trainer Spanish, English and Portuguese Instructor.

• Inlingua School of Languages, Houston, Texas. Spanish, English and Portuguese Instructor.

• Berlitz School of Languages, Sao Paulo, Brazil English Instructor at

• Harris County Community College and North Harris County Community College. Spanish Instructor,

• President of Linguistic Services, 1981- present, Houston, Texas, interpreter, translator, expert witness, staff evaluator and trainer.

Present Work

• Legal Interpretation:  depositions, trials, hearings, interviews, client attorney conferences, sworn statements, pre-deposition conferences and mediations.

• Translation:  All legal documents such as Letters Rogatory, deposition transcripts, corporate manuals, contracts, trade agreements, Articles of Incorporation, brochures, maritime logbooks. Sight translation of settlement agreements.  Summaries.

• Audio and Video Recordings:  Transcription and translation. Summaries
  Live feed Monitor

• Proofreading:  Spanish<>English.

• Literary Translation: Children’s books, bilingual books and book reviews.

• Training:  Developed Interpreter’s Training Manual. Interpreter and translator education through books lectures and workshops. In house training for bilingual legal assistants. CLE courses for the legal profession.

Memberships

• National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators, active member

• American Translators Association;  active member

• Administrator, Interpreters Division 1999-2001

• Editor, The Interpreter’s Voice 2000-2002

• Member, Interpretation Policy Committee

• American Literary Translators Association.                              

• White Oak Writers

• Houston Writers Guild

• FLATA - ATA Florida Chapter

• The U.S. China People’s Friendship Association

• The Italian Cultural Center

  • Friends of Archaeology

  • Kappa Alpha Theta Alumni

Volunteer Pro bono services provided for:

• Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program

• NAACP Legal Services of Houston

• Unemployment Law Project.org

• Ryan White Foundation Urban and Rural Focus Groups

• Community Servings, Boston, Massachusetts

• Southeast Texas Legal Center

• Light House of Houston: Translation and Taping For The Blind

• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

• AVES: AIDS awareness education program

• International Economic Summit-Houston

• CARECEN Central American Relief Center

Awards

• Who’s Who In American Colleges and Universities, 1978

• Outstanding Young Women of America, 1984

• Exemplary and Meritorious Service: Institute of Hispanic Culture, 1992