For what languages does the State Courts System have court interpreter oral qualifications examinations?
There are currently qualifications examinations available to the State Courts System for the following: Spanish (4 versions), Russian (2 versions), Vietnamese (2 versions), Korean, Hmong, Polish, Cantonese, Laotian, Haitian Creole (2 versions), Arabic, and Mandarin. These tests are available to Florida through the State Court Interpreter Certification Consortium, of which Florida is a member. Initially testing in Florida was primarily in Spanish and Haitian Creole. The extent to which testing is available in other languages is determined by the availability and cost of qualified, trained raters to rate and score the examinations. Russian, Vietnamese, Korean and Cantonese examinations have been offered in Florida in the past year and are expected to be made available at least once each year. A new test in Somali is under development (2002). Interpreters of Languages for Which No Oral Qualifications Exam Is Available For languages in which the development of an oral qualifications examin
