Analysis and Comment
In depth: Court interpreters down tools again as Labour persists with outsourcing
The government has fuelled anger by tendering for new contracts. A Lords inquiry on translation services has further highlighted disquiet over low pay.
Loss in translation
PROFESSIONAL interpreters are questioning a decision by the Ministry of Justice to seek new outsourced language services for the courts, before completing a review of current practices.
Regulating the interpreting profession
There might be a good argument for a public regulatory agency in this area, but the NRPSI is not it.
Lingo bingo
WHILE the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) continues to review whether the qualifications for court interpreters are good enough, cases are still being delayed by the lack of any interpreter at all.