Languages & Qualifications
Spanish & Portuguese Interpreters
We approach each assignment with preparation, impartiality, discretion, and respect for the requirements of the proceeding.
Credentials & Experience
[Javier Aparisi-Winthuysen – staff interpreter and JAW Media Inc founder. He is a Florida court certified legal interpreter for both Spanish, certification number 15-00319 SPA, and Portuguese, certification number 15-00319 POR. He is also registered with the United States federal courts as an authorized contractor for Portuguese. He is currently a member of ATIF, NAJIT and other relevant organizations.
Mr. Aparisi-Winthuysen has also worked as a conference and medical interpreter. He began his career in 1980 as a police reporter for a student newspaper at the University of Maryland in College Park, where he graduated with a BS in Journalism in 1982. In 1984 he worked for the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. as an escort interpreter in both Spanish & Portuguese. He got back to journalism the next year with Voice of America, and later worked with Reuters in Miami and the BBC World Service in Miami, Buenos Aires and London. After more than 30 years in journalism he returned to interpreting in 2013, eventually becoming certified as a legal interpreter in Spanish and Portuguese. He also has a Certificate of Spanish Studies, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1982, a Spanish Language Master Of Science In Mass Communication: Florida International University, 2012, and has lately taken classes in Valencian and Yucatec Mayan. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela, of Spanish parents, raised in São Paulo, Brazil, moved to Washington, D.C. at the age of 13 and lived there for 20 years. Travel often to Spain, Mexico and Brazil to see family and friends. Avid snorkeler and nature video buff.]
We also collaborate with other language professionals. JAW Media Inc only works with certified legal interpreters for depositions and court proceedings and will provide relevant credential information for review when arranging an assignment. On occasion we do work with Native languages in the Americas through relay community interpreting, and also with Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu and other South Asian languages via UK certified legal interpreters.