MITA INTERPRETER & TRANSLATOR DIRECTORY

Language Combinations:

Translation

EnglishSpanish
SpanishEnglish

Interpretation

EnglishSpanish
SpanishEnglish

Native Language:

Spanish

Education:

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA/Agnese Haury Institute for Court Interpretation 1999 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 1979 Business Administration MIAMI DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1975 Merchandising-Marketing ONGOING: Bridging the Gap Medical Interpreter / Certified Trainer 2006

Computer Equipment:

PC / Microsoft Windows

Experience:

JUDICIAL: English<>Inerpreter / translator working in the in state, federal and district courts in Texas over the past 15 years. MEDICAL: Medical Appointments, Hospital Visits Medical Conventions, Medical Mal-Practice Law Suits. CONFERENCE: Televised political debates, General Business Conferences, Motivational Meetings, conventions and seminars of all sizes.

Degrees Earned:

Passed the Federal Court Interpreter Certification Written Examination in 2006. Bilingual Commercial Mediator with DMS since 1997. Became a Certified Mediator for the Dallas County Juvenile Department in 2004.

Specialization:

English<>Spanish Legal, Medical,General Business and Conference Interpreter. Interpreting in simultaneous and consecutive modes.

Accreditations:

Lyda Baro successfully completed the Bridging the Gap (BTG) medical interpreter-training program. She later became an authorized Medical Interpreter Trainer on the BTG curriculum, the leading Medical Interpreter training program in the U.S. today.

Additional Information:

As a conference interpreter, the breadth of her experience expands from televised political debates to general business conferences, meetings, conventions and seminars of all sizes. Ms. Baro has interpreted international press conferences for such dignitaries as U.S. President, George W. Bush and Mexican Presidents, Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderon Hinojosa among others. She has also served as the interpreter for the family of President Gerald R. Ford.