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Britain’s leading translators today accused the government of endangering justice with a cut-price private contract for courtroom interpreters, which is “dangerous to the interests of public safety"
Allegation comes as MPs are told £300m contract awarded to Applied Language Solutions is 'unsalvageable'
Taxpayer-funded translators are being used in courts at a rate of more than 10,000 times a month, figures reveal
'When I order 1000 steering wheels per week for my production line, that's exactly what I would expect to receive. Any supplier that said they will try and send me 1000 per week, but would be satisfied if they managed 980 per week is almost certain not going to win the contract, if only because they demonstrate a lack of ambition and a failure to grasp the meaning of quality. '
