Analysis and Comment
CrimeLine survey reveals extent of problem with arranging interpreters in criminal cases
'CrimeLine asked its 18,000 readers to report back in relation to criminal cases involving the use of an appointed interpreter during the week 12th – 16th March 2012'
Ex-ALS: No longer interested
'ALS has contacted me many times and I have informed them many times that I do not wish to work for them but they keep calling me'
Applied Language Solutions: I say ‘Tomato’
I say ‘Tomato’, interpreter says ‘Potato’. I say ‘Potato’, interpreter says ‘Tomato’. Tomato. Potato. Potato? Tomato? Everyone thinks I’ve given inconsistent evidence, my credibility is shot to pieces, I’ve lost my case.
Interpreters United: We Fight, We Feast and We Celebrate
'For many of us, it is a hard choice to refuse direct bookings from the Courts and Asylum and Tribunal Services (AIT), but as long as the FWA is still in force, accepting work would mean propping up an unsustainable system'
