Court interpreting problems in Scotland/Gerichtsdolmetschermangel in Schottland
am 30.10.2007 von Transblawg
The Scotsman reports on court interpreting problems in Scotland: some trials have collapsed because the untrained interpreter was incompetent, and with the influx of foreign nationals into Scotland the problem is increasing (its presumably a magnified version of a problem that exists everywhere).
Zuzana Kadurova, a Slovakian interpreter, said: During a case at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, an accused from Poland asked me what I was doing as I was interpreting. He said that every other time he had been in court, the interpreter would simply be giving him a summary and chatting to him about life in Scotland while the case was unfolding.
On another occasion, a Polish man told her how glad he was that a Slovakian was interpreting for her.
His previous Polish interpreters would tell him how he …
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SCORES of convicted foreign criminals could walk free because of the appalling quality of official translators in Scottish courts, a leading linguist has warned. Alena Linhartova, who has interpreted in Scotland for 20 years, said people were...&quo…
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