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'The CILT report as a whole, is skewed by its failure, when drawing broad conclusions, to differentiate between public service interpreters, interpreters working for businesses & translators. It is therefore highly prejudicial of the EIA to use it to bolster arguments that are specific to public service interpreters.'
'However, as they admin themselves, it’s only a change of name [...] Everything else – including poor service, using unqualified linguists and compromising on quality – stays the same.'
Legal experts in Britain are warning there may have been a breach in the criminal justice system, due to failures in the courts' translation service, one of several key public services that has been privatised
This week AIIC published on its blog an article by Katarzyna Kaszyca, a UK based conference and court interpreter, about the continuing fiasco of the Framework Agreement signed by the Ministry of Justice with ALS. It is an overview of the current situation including a short analysis of the NAO report, inefficiencies of the current system and the impact the ALS/Capita contract can have on the UK’s justice sector, interpreters’ professional standards and training.
