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British judges, Lithuanian defendants, and Google Translate
The last several months have been chaotic for courts in the UK. The country's interpreters are boycotting new rules imposed on their profession and refuse to help out courts, while judges must do what they can to work around the situation and explain non-English-speaking – Lithuanian, for example – defendants what they are charged with
Interpreter service 'disrupting court work'
“The Ministry of Justice needs to get its act together and should go back to the system that was in place and was successful”
Comment: Outsourcing interpreters has turned the courts into a freak show
Professional interpreters will not work under slavery conditions, subsidising the criminal justice system and being forced to sit unaccredited tests well below standard
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Interpretation Problems in UK Courts
A senior magistrate, Peter Beeke, is speaking out against the cuts
