Terri Shaw
Language Services

Interpreter:

Spanish<>English; federal and state certified court interpreter; medical, legal, international development, human rights.

Translator:

Spanish to English (ATA and TTIG certified);
French to English; Portuguese to English.

Editor:

Editing, copy editing and proofreading reports, books, manuscripts and articles.

Journalist:

Reporting and writing on foreign affairs, health, travel, politics, sports, human rights, environmental and consumer issues.

Ski Instructor:

PSIA certified Level I Alpine instructor, Whitetail Mountain Resort, Mercersburg, PA.

• Worked as journalist for The Washington Post, Associated Press, and Buffalo Courier-Express for more than twenty years.



• Reported for The Washington Post, Miami Herald and Christian Science Monitor from Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama, Guatemala, Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Brazil.



• At The Washington Post was Assistant Editor on the Foreign Desk, specializing in Latin America; reporter and copy editor on the Home section; Spanish language copy editor on the Sports section, specializing in soccer.



• Translated documents, speeches, articles and opinion columns for the Inter American Press Association, washingtonpost.com, Pan American Health Organization, law firms and nonprofit groups.



• Did simultaneous and consecutive interpreting at conferences, courts and medical sites.



• Is a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Colegio Americano de Guatemala, and Antioch College.



• Received additional translation and interpretation training at Georgetown University, Inlingua, La Clinica del Pueblo, and the Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts.



• Is a member of the following professional associations: National Association of Judiciary Interpreters; American Translators Association (certified Spanish into English); Translators and Interpreters Guild (certified Spanish into English), National Capital Area Translators Association, National Association of Hispanic Journalists. (See links below.)