Heather L. Hayes:

• Certified in 1999 by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to interpret the Spanish language in federal court.

• Certified by the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts Interpreter Certification Program in 2003. 

• Diploma from Spain's Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia for "Excellence in Spanish as  Foreign Language" (1992)

• "Level C" certificate from El consorci per a la normalització lingüística, of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Catalan national Government. 

• Resided in Spain for 8 years; Catalonia for 3; England for 2 years; Republic of Ireland for 4 years.

• Over 20 years as freelance translator and interpreter.

COURT INTERPRETATION LINKS:

U.S. Court Interpreter Certification

http://www.uscourts.gov/interpretprog/interp_prog.html

National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators:

http://www.najit.org/

They have closed their mailing list to the public, but their site still provides some useful general information.

TN Supreme Court Rules regarding Interpreters.

These rules seem to be ignored at times by members of the federal judiciary, but here they are, anyway:

http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/OPINIONS/TSC/RULES/TNRulesOfCourt/06SUPCT25_end.htm#41

Tennesee Association of Professional Interpreters and Translators:

www.tapit.org

National Center for State Courts interpreter info: http://www.ncsconline.org/D_Research/CourtInterp.html

American Translators' Association: http://www.atanet.org/

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers INTERPRETER CHECKLIST for attorneys:

http://www.nacdl.org/CHAMPION/ARTICLES/98jun03.htm

Commercial hunting supply website. Great source of vocabulary in Spanish regarding firearms. http://www.canana.com/armas/Armacorta.htm

USEFUL GENERAL LINKS:

Great reference materials for many languages:

http://www.traduit.net/linktrad.htm

Learn Catalan over the Internet!

http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/Learn/Catalan.asp

Government of Catalonia:

http://www.gencat.net/index_eng.htm

Very interesting language-learning page:

http://www.omniglot.com/

Target Language Services, Madrid, Spain:

http://www.targetmadrid.com/es_en/

News in Catalan from El Periódico de Cataluña:

http://www.elperiodico.com/default.asp?idioma=CAT

Coordination and Review, Civil Rights Division, USDOJ, for reporting civil rights violations by entities receiving federal funds:

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/contact.htm

An absolutely lovely site about the love of flying, with great quotes, poetry, history. Something for everyone here. Thanks, Dave English!

www.Skygod.com

!!! Documentary / campaign!!!: 

Spanish authorities accuse 14-year-old kid  of terrorism

for demanding labelling in Catalan language:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3666585673568780060&hl=en

To see the film in 5 parts, go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIiRFSCgGu4

Read more about the bogus terrorism charge at: www.victoralexandre.cat

There's even a play! http://www.ericielfenix.cat/

Neat little coffee house in Cookeville, Tennessee, CAFÈ EUROPA:

www.cafeeuropatn.com

OgleMoore Public Relations. Based in Knoxville, Tennessee:

http://www.editing-service.com/

Acràsia: An independent distribution and production company in Barcelona, specializing in cinema and other productions in Catalan: http://www.acrasiacorp.com/

Neat little free subtitling program from Uruguay: "Subtitle Workshop": http://www.urusoft.net/products.php?cat=sw