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‘Extremely poor’: Translator conned his way into court role based on bogus qualifications
An interpreter with “extremely poor” translation skills conned his way into a job in London’s courts and tribunals on the basis of forged qualifications, a court heard.
Fake court interpreter earned £65,500 from 140 cases including grooming gang trial
Mirwais Patang forged qualifications and stole a legitimate interpreter’s identity
Language Lesson
The Home Office's piecemeal and ineffective approach to foreign language interpreting and translation means immigration and border staff having to muddle through potentially life-changing interviews with non-English speakers by relying on inappropriate interpreters, Google Translate or attempts "to scrape by in English", say watchdogs.
'Do you speak basic English?': Pakistani man from Worcester challenged in court
A Pakistani man who 'threatened violence' was challenged by a magistrate about whether he needed an interpreter as he was asked if he understood 'basic English'.
