In our inaugural episode, Ernest Niño-Murcia talks about his work as a court interpreter in Iowa and how he transitioned to interpreting for live broadcasts of the governor's daily press briefings on COVID-19. This season is dedicated to remote interpreting in all its forms.
Interview conducted by Elena Langdon - info@7sisterslearn.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/elenalangdon
Interviewee: Ernest Niño Murcia - ENM_Interpreter (Twitter) - https://www.linkedin.com/in/enminterpreter/
Ernest Niño-Murcia is a freelance legal interpreter and translator based in Des Moines, Iowa. He received a B.A. in Anthro-Linguistics from Brown University. As a state and federally certified court interpreter, he has interpreted legal proceedings and prepared translations, transcriptions and expert witness reports/testimony for clients in the private and public sectors. He is a member of the Iowa Judicial Branch´s Language Access in the Courts Committee.
Outside of court, he has interpreted for public figures such as House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. He is currently working with Iowa PBS providing live interpretation for broadcasts of Governor Kim Reynolds’ daily press briefings on the COVID-19 crisis.
Additionally, Ernest is a Jeopardy! Champion (2012), whose greatest achievement on the show was beating an attorney to the buzzer to answer "co-defendant" in the "11 letter words" category.
Music by Clover Fortier
Podcast graphic art by Marcelle Carlson