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No interpreter means lawyer forced to use Google Translate
An advocate said he had battled to communicate with his cannabis farmer-accused client using Google Translate – as no interpreter was available.
Case postponed twice because court didn’t organise Spanish interpreter
An officer at South London Magistrates Courts said: “I am unable to give you a specific reason as to why an interpreter wasn’t arranged on both occasions but more often than not we book them but the agency that we use are unable to provide.”
Calls for interpreters to become legal requirement for NHS providers
Health watchdogs are calling for interpreters to be made a legal requirement for all healthcare settings after a survey exposed worrying gaps in the service.
Court forced to use Google app in place of absent translator
An Ipswich court was forced to use a translation app to communicate with a defendant who speaks limited English after an interpreter failed to attend his sentencing hearing.
