Rios Translations

Southern California School of Interpreting - Spanish/English Conference Interpreter Option (1993) with specialized training in electronics terminology, business, and legal applications. 30 CIMCE units of training in translating and interpreting every two years pursuant to California law.

Federation Internationale des Traducteurs, American Translator's Association, California Court Interpreters Association, California Federation of Interpreters, Southern California Translators and Interpreters Association, Asociacion de Traductores e Interpretes Profesionales de Baja California, Continuing Education Program of the Judicial Council of California, Centro del Estudio de Linguistica Aplicada (Mexico City): Various presentations, workshops and courses on Spanish to English translation, translation theory, research and translation, legal translation, translation for the telecommunications industry, and the use of technology in translation.

Our Spanish/English translations are always translated and/or edited in-house by our owner, a university translation instructor, certified as a translator and court interpreter by the American Translators' Association (Spanish to English) and the US Federal and California State Courts.

Our quality control is achieved by handling translations that we thoroughly understand and are capable of translating and editing, and by having our owner review the final version of your translation, word-by-word.We specialize in Spanish to English legal and technical translations, particularly in the fields of contracts and case law, energy and mining, telecommunications and environmental expert reports.

Rios Translations has provided conference interpreting around the world and locally in the U.S. Southwest. Our professional interpreting team is also trained to design, set-up and troubleshoot a variety of simultaneous interpreting equipment solutions. This unified approach provides the best value for your conference interpreting dollar.

No two conferences are the same, which is why we tailor your equipment solution to your specific needs. From local events at convention centers to multilingual conferences in remote locations, we are able to provide top sound quality, transmission, interpreter audio feed and relay functions suitable for your interpreters and audience.

The Internet offers a wide range of resources, but books are still an essential tool for any high-quality translation and interpreting professional. Still one of the best books on basic translation theory for the Spanish/English combination. The Spanish is well written. The English is sometimes a bit shaky, but the approach is solid through and through.