FCICE Exam Prep
FCICE Exam Glossary - 59 Terms
Search the terminology pack for Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination. Use these definitions with the study guide and practice questions.
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- 4th Amendment
- A constitutional amendment listed in the text as part of federal versus state jurisdiction concepts.
- 5th Amendment
- A constitutional amendment listed in the text as part of federal versus state jurisdiction concepts.
- 6th Amendment
- A constitutional amendment listed in the text as part of federal versus state jurisdiction concepts.
A
- Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
- The organization identified in the text as administering the FCICE.
- affidavit
- A legal document or instrument listed in the legal terminology domain.
- Arraignment
- A criminal procedure term listed as part of the legal terminology domain.
- attorney
- A court actor listed in the legal terminology domain.
B
- bailiff
- A court actor listed in the legal terminology domain.
C
- chuchotage
- Whispered simultaneous interpretation, where the interpreter translates into the defendant's ear during court proceedings.
- clerk
- A court actor listed in the legal terminology domain.
- Consecutive Interpretation Skills
- An FCICE domain covering short and long consecutive interpretation, including witness testimony, extended statements, and note-taking techniques.
- court reporter
- A court actor listed in the legal terminology domain.
D
- defendant
- A civil procedure term listed as part of the legal terminology domain.
- deposition
- A civil procedure term listed as part of the legal terminology domain.
- discovery
- A civil procedure term listed as part of the legal terminology domain.
- drug trafficking
- A federal crime example listed in the text.
E
- English Language Proficiency
- An FCICE domain covering English vocabulary, reading comprehension, grammar and usage, and sentence completion/word choice.
- estar
- A Spanish verb contrasted in the text with ser.
F
- Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination (FCICE)
- A federal certification exam for court interpreters. The written phase has 200 multiple-choice questions, lasts 2.5 hours, and requires a 75% passing score to advance to the oral phase.
- federal crimes
- Crimes identified in the text as federal, with examples including drug trafficking, mail fraud, and RICO.
- fine
- A sentencing and punishment term listed in the legal terminology domain.
G
- grand jury
- A criminal procedure term listed as part of the legal terminology domain.
I
- incarceration
- A sentencing and punishment term listed in the legal terminology domain.
- indicative
- A Spanish grammatical mood contrasted in the text with the subjunctive.
- indictment
- A criminal procedure term listed as part of the legal terminology domain.
- injunction
- A legal document or instrument listed in the legal terminology domain.
J
- judge
- A court actor listed in the legal terminology domain.
L
- Legal Terminology
- An FCICE domain covering legal terms in English and Spanish, including criminal procedure, civil procedure, court roles, legal documents, sentencing, and jurisdiction concepts.
M
- mail fraud
- A federal crime example listed in the text.
- marshal
- A court actor listed in the legal terminology domain.
- Matyssek
- A note-taking system named in the text for long consecutive interpretation.
- Miranda rights
- A criminal procedure term listed as part of the legal terminology domain.
- modifier placement
- A grammar concept concerning where modifiers are placed so they clearly and correctly modify the intended word or phrase.
O
- oral phase
- The next phase of the FCICE that a candidate advances to only after achieving a 75% passing score on the written phase.
P
- para
- A Spanish preposition contrasted in the text with por.
- parallel structure
- A grammar principle requiring similar grammatical form for elements in a series or related constructions.
- parole
- A sentencing and punishment term listed in the legal terminology domain.
- plaintiff
- A civil procedure term listed as part of the legal terminology domain.
- plea bargain
- A criminal procedure term listed as part of the legal terminology domain.
- por
- A Spanish preposition contrasted in the text with para.
- probable cause
- A criminal procedure term listed as part of the legal terminology domain.
- probation
- A sentencing and punishment term listed in the legal terminology domain.
- pronoun-antecedent agreement
- A grammar rule requiring a pronoun to agree with its antecedent.
R
- restitution
- A sentencing and punishment term listed in the legal terminology domain.
- restraining order
- A legal document or instrument listed in the legal terminology domain.
- RICO
- An acronym listed in the text as an example of a federal crime.
- Rozan
- A note-taking system named in the text for long consecutive interpretation.
S
- search warrant
- A criminal procedure term listed as part of the legal terminology domain.
- ser
- A Spanish verb contrasted in the text with estar.
- Sight Translation Skills
- An FCICE domain covering reading legal text in one language and rendering it aloud into the other language while maintaining tone, register, and accuracy.
- Simultaneous Interpretation Skills
- An FCICE domain covering whispered simultaneous interpretation and booth simultaneous interpretation, including maintaining a short translation lag and pace with courtroom dialogue.
- Spanish Language Proficiency
- An FCICE domain covering Spanish vocabulary, reading comprehension, grammar, and regional variants of Spanish.
- subject-verb agreement
- A grammar rule requiring the subject and verb to agree in number.
- subjunctive
- A Spanish grammatical mood contrasted in the text with the indicative.
- subpoena
- A legal document or instrument listed in the legal terminology domain.
- summary judgment
- A civil procedure term listed as part of the legal terminology domain.
V
- verb tense consistency
- A grammar principle requiring tense to remain consistent within a sentence or passage unless a shift in time is intended.
W
- warrant
- A legal document or instrument listed in the legal terminology domain.
- written phase
- The 200-question multiple-choice portion of the FCICE that lasts 2.5 hours and requires a 75% passing score to advance to the oral phase.
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