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Practice audio with answer keys and a scorecard for grading yourself the way a rater would, vocabulary from the official state glossaries, and section guides. Use it with a study partner or alone with your phone recording. If you want it graded automatically, that part is the paid app, and it is the only part that is.
Weekly dockets with the answer key
Courtroom testimony in segments at exam pace. Interpret aloud in the pause, then mark each scoring unit against the answer key and see where you stand against the 70% pass line. New episodes Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Docket 138:07Officer Testimony: the search warrant on Linden StreetEN→ES · difficulty 3 · 12 segments · 14 scoring units
Docket 128:38Witness Testimony: the passenger in the street raceES→EN · difficulty 3 · 14 segments · 15 scoring units
Docket 116:14Paramedic Testimony: the crash at Third and AlderEN→ES · difficulty 3 · 7 segments · 16 scoring units
Docket 105:58Detective Testimony: the chop-shop VINsEN→ES · difficulty 3 · 8 segments · 15 scoring units
Docket 98:06Plea Colloquy: State v. IbarraEN↔ES · difficulty 2 · 10 segments · 16 scoring units
Docket 87:12Victim Testimony: the knife in the parking lotES→EN · difficulty 2 · 14 segments · 16 scoring units
Docket 75:30Officer Testimony: the balloons in the consoleEN→ES · difficulty 3 · 7 segments · 15 scoring units
Docket 65:13Motion to Quash Bench Warrant: State v. PadillaEN↔ES · difficulty 1 · 6 segments · 14 scoring units
Docket 56:46Victim Testimony: what was taken from the houseES→EN · difficulty 2 · 14 segments · 16 scoring units
Docket 47:31Victim Testimony: domestic violenceEN↔ES · difficulty 3 · 8 segments · 16 scoring units
Docket 36:56Witness Testimony: the hit and runES→EN · difficulty 3 · 7 segments · 16 scoring units
Docket 24:55Loss Prevention Officer: the shoplifting stopEN→ES · difficulty 1 · 8 segments · 16 scoring units
Docket 110:13License Revocation Hearing: refusal of the breath testEN↔ES · difficulty 3 · 8 segments · 22 scoring units
Sight desk: a document, the clock, then the rendition
A short scan, then render aloud against a real timer. The answer key follows, with a scorecard to mark each unit. Thursdays.
Sight Desk 59:25Record sealing self-help flyerEN→ES · difficulty 2 · 21 scoring units
Sight Desk 48:13Constancia de residencia y buena conductaES→EN · difficulty 2 · 14 scoring units
Sight Desk 39:16No-contact and stay-away orderEN→ES · difficulty 2 · 16 scoring units
Sight Desk 28:12Carta del patrón sobre el empleadoES→EN · difficulty 2 · 14 scoring units
Sight Desk 19:11Order setting conditions of releaseEN→ES · difficulty 2 · 14 scoring units
Interpret the trials everyone watched
Closing arguments and testimony from high-profile cases, taken from the public record and read at the pace the lawyers actually spoke. One excerpt per case is free with a scorecard; the full pack is in the app.
How to check your own consecutive for omissions
What a rater counts is scoring units, not how it sounded. This is the paper version of the scorecard on our practice pages, and it works with any practice audio, ours or anyone else's.
- 1Record the rendition on your phone.
Don't stop and restart. The exam doesn't.
- 2Before you listen back, list the segment's scoring units from the source.
Names, numbers, dates, negations, qualifiers, verb tense, register items. A 55-word witness answer usually has 8 to 12.
- 3Listen and tick each unit.
Anything missing, changed or added is a mark against you. Don't grade “did it sound good”. Grade the units.
- 4Count.
Most states cut at 70% of units per section. If you're ticking 6 of 10, you know exactly which kind of unit you drop. For most people it's numbers inside a long sentence.
- 5Redo the same segment once, then move on.
Twice is enough. More than that and you're memorizing, not interpreting.
- 6Keep a running list of the units you dropped.
That list is your study plan. Drill those, not everything.
| Scoring unit (from the source) | Type | Rendered? | What I said instead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | name · number · date · negation · term · register | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no | |
| 2. | name · number · date · negation · term · register | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no | |
| 3. | name · number · date · negation · term · register | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no | |
| 4. | name · number · date · negation · term · register | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no | |
| 5. | name · number · date · negation · term · register | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no | |
| 6. | name · number · date · negation · term · register | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no | |
| 7. | name · number · date · negation · term · register | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no | |
| 8. | name · number · date · negation · term · register | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no | |
| 9. | name · number · date · negation · term · register | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no | |
| 10. | name · number · date · negation · term · register | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no |
Score = units rendered ÷ units in the segment. Track it per section (consecutive, simultaneous, sight), not overall, because the exam scores them separately. Read more in Scoring units explained.
Study lists from the official state glossaries
4,200+ terms, most with the Spanish renditions published by state court interpreter programs and the states that agree on each; the CourtFluent-written ones are marked. Browse by category or by the hearing type it shows up in.
The core of every court interpreter exam. Hearings, motions, pleas, objections, jury instructions and the phrases judges say every day, with the Spanish renditions published by state court interpreter programs and the states that agree on each.
Charge names are scoring units on every arraignment and plea passage. This list covers the offenses that appear in complaints and informations, with the distinctions raters listen for (assault vs. battery, robbery vs. burglary vs. theft).
Drug testimony mixes statute language (controlled dangerous substance, possession with intent to distribute) with lab terms and street usage. Both registers are scored.
Witness testimony is not written in statute language. The DEA publishes an extensive drug slang glossary and the consortium exam expects you to render register faithfully. Slang varies by region, so treat these as the documented forms, not the only ones.
Expert testimony in assault and homicide cases leans on firearm and forensic terms most candidates never drilled. These are the ones that show up in scoring units.
Assault, DUI and personal injury cases put doctors and nurses on the stand. Concussion, laceration, fracture, sutures: the vocabulary is medical, the setting is legal, and both registers count.
Restitution hearings, fraud cases and civil money judgments use vocabulary that reads like a bank statement. These terms come from official court glossaries.
Certified interpreters work dependency, custody and civil dockets as often as criminal ones. This list covers the terms that recur in those hearings.
DUI is the most common scenario in oral exam practice materials. Officer testimony about a stop is dense with traffic and procedure terms.
How each section is scored, and how to pass it
Written for candidates, not for search engines. Start with scoring units, then the section you are weakest in.
- Scoring Units on the Court Interpreter Oral Exam: What Raters Actually CountScoring units decide whether you pass the court interpreter oral exam: how many per section, the ten categories, how raters mark them, and bilingual examples.
- Simultaneous Interpreting for the Court Exam: What It Is and How to Pass the SectionSimultaneous interpreting practice for the court interpreter exam: lag control, chunking, numbers at 120 wpm, a 12-week speed ladder, and how to self-grade.
- Consecutive Interpreting for the Court Exam: Note Taking, Memory and the Repetition RuleConsecutive interpreting practice and note taking for the court interpreter oral exam: the witness Q&A format, the two-repetition rule, and a practice ladder.
- Sight Translation for Court Interpreters: Two Documents, Six Minutes EachSight translation practice for the court interpreter exam: the two documents, the six-minute clock, set phrases like hereby and undersigned, and a plan.
- Court Interpreter Oral Exam Pass Rates: What the Published Data SaysCourt interpreter exam pass rate from NCSC, California (14%), New Jersey, Oregon (18.4%) and FCICE, by section and outcome, and what it says about retakes.
- How to Study for the Court Interpreter Oral Exam: A Six-Month PlanHow to prepare for the court interpreter oral exam: a six-month, 400-hour study plan across sight, consecutive and simultaneous, what to buy, and exam day.
- Court Interpreter Salary: What Certified Interpreters Actually EarnCourt interpreter salary 2026 by role and state: BLS medians for 16 states, staff ranges, contract rates by credential ($45 vs $55 to $85/hr), federal rates.
Free resources from elsewhere
Nobody passes on one source. These are the free things we would point a friend to, in the order we would use them.
- NCSC court interpreter practice materialsNational Center for State Courts
The consortium's own overview of the oral exam and public practice sets. Read this first so you know what is counted.
- NCSC self-assessment toolsNational Center for State Courts
Honest gauge of whether you are ready to sit, before you pay the fee.
Free weekly practice sessions with a live group. Schedule is posted in their Facebook group.
- Study groups on FacebookThe Legal Interpreter; Become a Texas Court Interpreter and Translator
Where candidates post their scores and what they changed between attempts. Worth more than any course review.
- Any podcast in your source language, slowed downyou
0.75x, then 1x, then 1.25x, interpreting along. Free simultaneous practice with a speed dial.
Automatic grading, unit by unit
The worksheet above is what the app does for you on every rendition: it records you, transcribes, checks each scoring unit against the accepted renditions, and turns what you dropped into flashcards for tomorrow. Sixty seconds shows the whole loop.
Founding rate $19.99/mo, locked in for life. Standard rate will be $39.
Common questions
Is any of this gated?
No. Every video, list and guide on this page works without an account or an email address. The only thing that needs an account is the graded practice itself, because it has to record you.
How often do new dockets come out?
A consecutive docket every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and a sight translation desk on Thursdays. Each one gets its own practice page here with a scorecard, and they are also on the CourtFluent YouTube channel.
Where are my scores kept?
In your browser, on the device you practiced on. Nothing is sent to us and there is no account, so clearing your browser data clears them.
Where do the vocabulary lists come from?
About three quarters of the terms come from published court interpreter glossaries (Washington, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Alabama, New Jersey, California) or the DEA drug-slang list, and every rendition shows which sources agree. The rest, marked CF, were written by CourtFluent to fill gaps in medical, traffic, weapons and street-slang vocabulary and checked by machine review. They are not from an official source, so prefer a state-sourced rendition when one exists.
Can I use these to practice with a partner?
Yes, that is the best way to use the dockets. One of you plays the audio and reads the answer key, the other interprets. Swap roles on the next segment.