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SPORTS/NEWS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2018 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • B3 Courts face growing need for interpreters state courts system. According to Kelly Mills, the program man- ager for Court Language In the Umatilla County Access Services, the num- courthouse, the question, ber of requests for several “Do you swear to tell the indigenous languages state- truth, the whole truth, and wide has spiked in the last nothing but the truth?” may few years. From 2015 to be answered in a number of 2016, requests for indige- nous languages increased different languages. Across Oregon, requests by 42 percent. In 2017, there for indigenous were 133 requests languages have for a Mam inter- spiked in the last preter across the year. As languages state. Requests are like Mam, Q’an- job’al and K’iche’ likely to be nearly become more com- double that in 2018, mon, so do requests with 97 requested in for courtroom inter- Bertilda the first six months preters that speak Martin- of the year. Mendoza them. Mills said there Spoken by peo- have already been ple in Guatemala and parts 33 requests for Q’anjob’al of Mexico, Belize and Hon- interpreters in the first half duras, these languages are of 2018, and there were 33 native to the regions from all year in 2017. Requests which their speakers come, for K’iche’ interpreters and are all distinct from have surpassed last year’s Spanish, and from each numbers, with 25 in the first other. half of this year, and 24 in Roy Blaine, the trial all of 2017. court administrator for In Umatilla and Mor- Umatilla and Morrow row counties, there have County Circuit Courts, said been 15 requests for Mam the need for court inter- language interpreters in preters far outweighs their the first half of 2018, and availability. 19 requests for Q’anjob’al. He said while there There have been 11 requests may be more people who for K’iche’. can translate from Mam There are several indig- to Spanish or to English, enous languages that aren’t that doesn’t automatically requested as often, and qualify them to be a court some requested this year that the courts had not seen interpreter. “I don’t say to anybody before. Two of the most in the community, ‘Oh, you recently requested lan- speak K’iche’ or Mam, we guages are Ixil and Achi. But while the courts are need you to come to court,’” he said. “You have to com- trying to meet language municate in the specific dia- needs, Mills said they often lect, but also not be related have to rely on people from to them, or have no personal out-of-state, such as inter- preters over the phone for investment in the case.” Local courts work shorter court proceedings closely with the Oregon like arraignments. Blaine Judicial Department’s Court said there is one interpreter Language Access Services, who speaks K’iche’ that which provides transla- lives in Oregon, but many tion and interpretation ser- of the cases that require vices for many languages interpreters are handled — including Spanish, Rus- over the phone — even for sian, Korean and Vietnam- Spanish speakers. ese. Interpreter requests “We have Spanish inter- are coordinated through the preters living in the area, By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN STAFF WRITER STAFF PHOTO BY ANNIE FOWLER Kennison Field press box hostess Thelma Mendiola prepares street tacos for coaches, media and workers during the Sept. 14 game against Kennewick. The school has fed workers and visitors for five years. FEAST WITH FOES Hermiston boosters feed their opponents after home games By ANNIE FOWLER STAFF WRITER The one thing Oregon teams might miss about playing a football game at Hermiston High School is the post-game meal served by the Linebacker Club. One man’s loss is anoth- er’s gain, as the Mid-Co- lumbia Conference football teams have gladly bellied up to the table and devoured the meal offered. “It’s awesome,” Kenne- wick coach Bill Templeton said. “It is a real blessing. It’s really just a great ges- ture. It’s very gracious of them.” Pasco, Kennewick and Southridge have partaken in the post-game meal. “We feed the whole vis- iting football team after the game,” Linebacker Club member Dennis Barnett said. “Everyone is surprised we do this. In the old IMC, the teams were three or four hours away from home. We have been doing this for five or seven years.” And just because Herm- iston moved to a different league, doesn’t mean things will change. “We weren’t sure the Tri- City teams would like it,” Barnett said of the meal. “But after Pasco, they all are wanting it. The kids are thankful. When Pasco was here, we had about half the kids come up and thank us and shake our hands.” Pasco and Kennewick were served tri-tip, baked potatoes, salad and dessert. “Originally, we were sup- posed to have street tacos, which we would have been most thankful for,” Temple- ton said. Barnett said there is more to the program than just feeding hungry football players. “We are helping the kids wind down after a game,” he said. “It’s a great thing for the kids and a positive thing about our school.” The players aren’t the only ones who get fed on game night. Media, visiting coaches, radio personnel, and the people who run the clock and music also are treated to a meal served by host- ess Thelma Mendiola, who is in her second year in the position. Mendiola, who has worked for the Hermis- ton school district for 15 years — the past three as the attendance secretary — said she fell into the job when athletic director Larry Usher asked if she would be interested. “I love doing it,” she said. “We feed about 30-35 peo- ple. Week One, the Pasco coaches came to me at half- time wondering if they could have more. And, I make sure the ladies working the ticket booth and the gate are taken care of.” This is the fifth year the Hermiston Sports Boosters have taken care of the peo- ple in the press box, with the help of the Hermiston High Family/Consumer Sci- ence program, which helps prepare the side dishes. They also offer a variety of beverages. “It’s pretty darn impres- sive,” said Craig West, who was part of the SWX broad- cast team two weeks ago. “They should be proud of what they do. What they are doing is first class. It’s the only place I have been to that offers that, and it was really good.” but only a couple. It’s not sufficient,” Blaine said. There is one interpreter in Oregon for Mam, the most frequently requested indigenous language in the state. Bertilda Martin-Men- doza is a native of Guate- mala, and Mam is her first language. She moved to the United States as a child, where she learned Span- ish, and then English. She started working as a vol- unteer interpreter in 1998 in Washington, at hospitals and community events. In 2000, someone asked her to help translate for a court case where some- one spoke Mam. After- ward, the judge asked to meet with her, and asked if she wanted to start working there, which led to a career as a courtroom interpreter. Based in Portland, she trav- els within Oregon, and around the United States for her work. Last year, she helped train three Mam interpreters in Washington. Martin-Mendoza said she’s seen a growing num- ber of native Mam speakers who know some Spanish. But it usually doesn’t work the other way. “There’s no way a Span- ish speaker would speak Mam,” she said. “Native languages are not easy to learn. I’ve never met some- one that has said they speak Mam as a second language, though there are probably some out there.” Martin-Mendoza said she had to educate herself for many aspects of the job. “A lot of the things we see here don’t exist in native culture,” she said. “You have to educate your- self on how you are going to interpret.” Another challenge is translating specific legal terms — for which she said courts often rely on “relay interpreting.” “I would translate from Mam to Spanish, and another Spanish interpreter would translate from Span- ish to English,” she said. EASTERN OREGON marketplace Place classified ads online at www.easternoregonmarketplace.com or call 1-800-962-2819 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. After hours, leave a voicemail and we’ll confirm your ad the next business day. 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