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Building, Maintaining, and Using Interpreting Glossaries — Supplemental Resources Document

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The document titled "Building, Maintaining, and Using Interpreting Glossaries — Supplemental Resources" provides a comprehensive collection of resources to aid interpreters and legal professionals in developing and utilizing glossaries for legal and medical interpreting.<br /><br />### Judicial Council of California (JCC) Glossary Resources:<br />1. **Spanish-English Glossary**: A bilingual resource for legal terminology.<br />2. **Glossary of Civil Terms (English)**: Definitions of civil legal terms.<br />3. **Self-Help Glossary (English & Spanish)**: Legal terms for individuals representing themselves in court.<br />4. **Court Forms**: Access to various legal forms used in the California court system.<br /><br />### California Superior Court Glossary Resources:<br />1. **Sacramento County Legal Glossaries**: Legal terminologies specific to Sacramento.<br />2. **Santa Clara County Probate and Adoption Terms**: Specialized glossaries for probate and adoption-related terms.<br />3. **Santa Clara Local Rule Glossary**: Abbreviations and terms used in local court rules.<br />4. **Los Angeles County Probate Glossary**: Glossary related to probate proceedings in Los Angeles County.<br /><br />### National Center for State Courts (NCSC) Glossary Resources:<br />1. **Legal Glossaries and Dictionaries**: Comprehensive list of legal dictionaries and glossaries.<br />2. **Development Guidelines**: Guidelines for creating legal glossaries.<br /><br />### Additional Glossary Resources:<br />1. **United States Courts Glossary of Legal Terms**.<br />2. **American Bar Association (ABA) Legal Terms Glossary**.<br /><br />### Monolingual, Bilingual, and Specialized Dictionaries:<br />1. **English Dictionaries**: <br />   - **Oxford English Dictionary**<br />   - **Merriam-Webster Dictionary**<br />2. **Specialized Dictionaries**: <br />   - **Black’s Law Dictionary**<br />   - **Ballentine’s Legal Dictionary and Thesaurus**<br />   - **Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary**<br />   - **Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary**<br />   - **Law.com Legal Terms and Definitions**<br />   - **The Free Dictionary Legal Dictionary**<br />   - **Nolo’s Free Dictionary of Law Terms and Legal Definitions**<br />   - **Library of Congress Legal Dictionaries**<br /><br />### Interpreter Websites:<br />1. **WordReference.com**: Multi-language dictionary.<br />2. **Linguee**: Translation and dictionary resource.<br />3. **ProZ.com term search**: Professional translators’ community and term search tool.<br /><br />These resources collectively provide interpreters and legal professionals with a rich toolkit for building, maintaining, and effectively utilizing glossaries in various legal and medical interpreting contexts.

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