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North East court translator in 564 mile trip for eight minutes work
Solicitors have criticised a new court interpreter system after a North East translator was forced to make a 564-mile round trip for an eight-minute court hearing
Interpreter travels 560 miles for Ipswich court case
An interpreter has made a 560 mile round-trip from Newcastle upon Tyne to Ipswich to assist with a court case lasting less than 10 minutes
Lost in translation: Court interpreter travels 564 miles for EIGHT minutes’ work
The Vietnamese linguistics expert left Newcastle at 3am and spent four-and-a-half hours travelling to Ipswich magistrates court
Court staff forced to rely on Google Translate
Court staff and lawyers have been forced to use Google Translate to communicate with non-English speaking defendants because of problems with the new interpreter service, it has been claimed
