American Sign Language Interpreter
Anna Mindess, MA, CSC, SC:L
Areas of Expertise:
-Legal, business, medical, educational, video relay and theatrical interpreting
-RID Certified American Sign Language Interpreter since 1986
-Legally certified court interpreter since 2000 – California ID# 400007
Education and Training
M.A., Special Major: Language and Culture with a Focus on Sign Language, San Francisco State University, 1988
B.A., Theatre, University of California, Los Angeles, 1974
Interpreting in the American Judicial System; ASL and English, California State University, Northridge, 1991
Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication, Portland, 1989
Areas of Expertise:
-Legal, business, medical, educational, video relay and theatrical interpreting
-RID Certified American Sign Language Interpreter since 1986
-Legally certified court interpreter since 2000 – California ID# 400007
Education and Training
M.A., Special Major: Language and Culture with a Focus on Sign Language, San Francisco State University, 1988
B.A., Theatre, University of California, Los Angeles, 1974
Interpreting in the American Judicial System; ASL and English, California State University, Northridge, 1991
Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication, Portland, 1989
Read about Anna's work as an ASL legal interpreter in the San Francisco Chronicle:
Woman Translates for the Deaf
Edward Guthmann, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, March 23, 2009
Let's say a deaf person gets selected for jury duty. Maybe they want to dispute a traffic ticket. Maybe they're on trial. Or summoned as a witness. That's where Anna Mindess, a courtroom interpreter for the deaf, comes in. Since 1991, Mindess, 55, has interpreted in hundreds of courtroom situations . . . Read article »
Woman Translates for the Deaf
Edward Guthmann, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, March 23, 2009
Let's say a deaf person gets selected for jury duty. Maybe they want to dispute a traffic ticket. Maybe they're on trial. Or summoned as a witness. That's where Anna Mindess, a courtroom interpreter for the deaf, comes in. Since 1991, Mindess, 55, has interpreted in hundreds of courtroom situations . . . Read article »
Photo by Paul Chinn / The Chronicle