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Video: Translation firm accused of misleading law courts

BBC News London   /   News   /   21 March 2012

BBC London has learned that a private company, which provides interpreters to courts, is being accused of using the details of dozens of language experts who do not even work for it

Tier 3 linguist in action, Skegness Magistrates' Court

Pawel Nalewaj   /   HMCTS Interpreting Reports   /   21 March 2012

'Luckily the defendant could understand some English and therefore was replying to the questions that he was asked and not the ones that were interpreted to him'

Could not plea until 5th time

Collator   /   HMCTS Interpreting Reports   /   21 March 2012

'This could have been resolved far sooner but instead the client spent a month needlessly remanded in custody with no idea what was going on'

Letter from the Chartered Institute of Linguists

CIoL   /   Letters   /   20 March 2012

'I would like to repeat the Chartered Institute’s willingness to work with the MoJ to help resolve the difficulties the criminal justice system is currently encountering with the provision of suitable interpreting, but I would urge you not to confuse the issue by making unfounded claims about the earnings of public service interpreters'


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