<p>While my newly college grad is actively looking for a job, she is at home and unemployed. Well, she does fill her days with nanny jobs, so she does have income; maybe more than if she had a real job!</p>
<p>I thought while she had the time she might want to look into taking a medical and/or legal Spanish course. She is fluent in Spanish, but I would assume the classes focus on the terminology. I thought she might be interested in doing some translating as a free lance, as that is something she could even do part time later in life.</p>
<p>The course we have seen seem to all be online courses. Would this be worth her time and money and does anyone have any experience in these type of classes?</p>
<p>Bumping this in hopes someone has some experience.</p>
<p>From my opinion, once she’s fluent, she should perhaps actually take a law school class in Spanish, or a medicine-related (well, biochemistry-related perhaps – not in an actual med school) course in Spanish.</p>
<p>Maybe she could ring up a Spanish prof with an interest in science or law.</p>
<p>The academic leader of atmospheric physics in my school is this Spanish guy with a funny Spanish accent. He ends up knowing a lot about Eastern Seaboard weather patterns, and Central Virginia / Blue Ridge Mountain isoprene, than he does about say … Western Europe. (But then you merge knowledge of the two regions when you have hurricanes, in which easterly waves form over the desert south of Spain and migrate over the ocean…)</p>
<p>Maybe she could work with a Spanish-speaking prof as part of a research thing or something. Professors actually are pretty easy to convince to take you on. All I find you usually have to do is contact them enthusiastically, ask a few questions about their work and blam! In no time they’re agreeing to take you on at least in volunteer capacity.</p>
<p>I think those are better intellectually than a class that focuses on a terminology.</p>
<p>Access to the kind of class you are thinking about depends entirely on your geographical location. On-line may be the only thing available for the time being, and if she is fluent already, gaining familiarity through an on-line course might be a good way to start. She can also investigate the teach-yourself materials sold by Amazon and other booksellers.</p>
<p>I teach English at Berlitz. Our teacher’s book closet contains materials on medical Spanish, so I have to conclude that someone has actually taught that class in the past (I don’t know of any sections right now). Your daughter could check out availability of Berlitz courses at [Berlitz</a> Home](<a href=“http://www.berlitz.com%5DBerlitz”>http://www.berlitz.com) The classes aren’t cheap, but the methodology is effective.</p>
<p>Each state sets its own requirements for court/legal translators so you will have to check up on the regulations where you live. Here in Maryland there don’t seem to be any specific requirements. I do know that in Miami there are court/legal translator courses available through the community college.</p>
<p>Good luck to both of you!</p>