Sight translation practice

Sight translation practice with real document register

English police reports and affidavits into Spanish, Spanish letters and Mexican legal documents into English, on the exam clock, graded on the units a rater marks.

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  • 50 sight passages, both directions
  • Exam timer built in
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Sight translation

Affidavits, rulings, Mexican legal documents

Declaración jurada6:00
90 s to scan · then render aloud
Session review
Sight: Declaración jurada
88%
Bail is set in the amount of $7,500credited
heard · “se establece una fianza de siete mil quinientos dólares”
how do you plead to this chargecheck this
heard · “¿qué contesta usted a este cargo?”, your call
complaint number CF 2026 4417missed
added to your flashcard deck

Sight looks easy until the register shifts

Candidates underprepare sight because they can read. The exam scores fluency and completeness under a clock, and the Spanish document is rarely a neutral letter: it is a Mexican birth certificate, a notarized statement, a police complaint with formulaic phrasing. Spanish candidates in New Jersey average 61% on sight.

  • Two documents, one each direction, about 200 words each
  • Prep time is short and the delivery is timed
  • Set phrases (hereby, the undersigned, under penalty of perjury) are scored
Demo · 1:39

Watch a sight translation, graded

Ninety seconds to scan a criminal no-contact order, then a recorded Spanish rendition against the clock, graded on sixteen scoring units.

The grading shown is the app's actual output for the rendition you hear. Courtroom audio is AI-voiced from scripts written and reviewed by certified interpreters.

How sight practice works here

  1. Step 1

    Scan on the clock

    The document appears with the scan timer running. Read ahead, mark the long sentences in your head.

  2. Step 2

    Render aloud

    Delivery timer runs. Your rendition records.

  3. Step 3

    Unit review

    Set phrases, numbers, names and register items marked credited, check this, or missed.

  4. Step 4

    Rotate documents

    Police reports, affidavits, family letters, court orders, immigration forms. Register changes every session.

Weak spots
by scoring category
Numbers & dates58%
Slang & idioms64%
Register78%
Legal terms91%
Tomorrow's docket targets Numbers & dates: your weakest category gets the most reps.
Flashcards · due today
14
missed on Tuesday
withhold of adjudication
suspensión del fallo condenatorio
againhardgoodeasy
Graded like the real exam

What raters score in sight translation

Sight has two passages and a floor: neither passage can fall below 65% even if the section average clears 70%.

Read the scoring units guide
Unit categoryExamples
Set legal phrasesthe undersigned, hereby, under penalty of perjury
Numbers and identifiersdates, case numbers, addresses
Registerformal document tone preserved
Fluencyhesitations and restarts counted against you
Completenessskipped clauses in long sentences

Compared with practicing on state sample PDFs

State PDFs are the right documents. They just do not time you or tell you what you missed.

ApproachWhat you getWhat is missing
State sample PDFsAuthentic documentsNo timer, no grading
Course packetsCurated documents with notesSelf-graded
CourtFluentTimer, both directions, unit gradingNo live feedback on delivery style
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Common questions

How long do I get to prepare?

It varies by state. Most consortium administrations give a short scan period and then time the delivery, roughly six minutes per document. The app mirrors that structure.

Which direction is harder?

Most Spanish-dominant candidates find English to Spanish harder because of legal set phrases; English-dominant candidates struggle with Mexican document register. The library has both.

Does the grader score fluency?

It scores units, which is what raters primarily count. Hesitations are visible in your recording playback so you can hear them yourself.

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