Attachment 7 Interpreter Qualifications Matrix-January 2025.pdf
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Attachment 7 is a detailed Interpreter Qualifications Matrix template for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) interpretation services contract. The matrix requires contractors to comprehensively document interpreter qualifications within 60 days after contract award, covering four primary areas: 1) interpreting experience, 2) certification and education, 3) interpreter evaluation report results, and 4) supplemental information.
The matrix mandates documenting interpreters' expertise across four interpretation domains (consecutive, simultaneous, court, and Immigration Court interpreting), with experience levels ranging from none to over five years. Contractors must provide detailed certification information, including Federal or State Court Interpreter Certification, certification dates, and states of certification. Educational qualifications should include relevant degrees in interpretation, translation, linguistics, or language studies. The document also requires reporting on language proficiency, interpretation skills, evaluation results, most recent EOIR assignment date, and any submitted waivers related to judiciary experience requirements.
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Attachment 7
INTERPRETER QUALIFICATIONS MATRIX
The Interpreter Qualifications Matrix (Matrix) is a table that describes by language, state, closest EOIR court site, and interpreter name the basic qualifications of all the interpreters who are available to be utilized by the Contractor to perform interpreting services under this contract. The Matrix must be completed within 60 days after award.
The qualifications to be listed in the Matrix are comprised of four primary areas: 1) interpreting experience; 2) certification and education; 3) interpreter evaluation report results; and 4) other.
Interpreting Experience
This section must be divided into four areas of expertise: 1) consecutive interpretation; 2) simultaneous interpretation; 3) court interpreting; and, 4) Immigration Court interpreting.
For each of these areas the Matrix must reflect the following periods of working experience: 1) none; 2) less than one year; 3) one to five years; and, 4) more than five years.
Certification and Education
This section must indicate whether the interpreter has Federal Court Interpreter Certification or State Court Interpreter Certification. Include the date of certification and the name of the state(s) where the interpreter is certified. For education qualifications, this section must indicate whether the interpreter has a bachelor’s, master’s or Ph.D.
degree relevant to court interpreting, such as in Interpretation, Translation, Linguistics, English, a foreign language, etc. Include the date, type of degree, major field of study, and the name of the university from which the degree was earned.
Interpreter Evaluation Report Results
This section must include the results of the written evaluation report of the interpreter evaluation conducted as referenced in Section C.3.6.c.2. It should include information on the interpreter’s language proficiency in both English and the foreign language, and interpretation skills in consecutive, simultaneous, and sight interpretation. It must also include the results of the first time interpreter (initial EOIR assignment) evaluation.
Other
This section should include the date of the interpreter’s last completed EOIR assignment, as well as whether a waiver request related to the one year of judiciary experience requirement has been submitted to and approved by EOIR.
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