Legal Interpreting
Legal transcription involves listening to recorded dialog and typing it on a computer, creating a text copy. Many court cases require transcriptions of recorded dialog, yet doing this work at your firm is tedious and often requires excessive time and resources.
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Court interpreters are sometimes taken for granted, even though they have an extremely important job. A fair trial must include the right to interpretation and translation. Click here to find out about court interpreter regulations abroad.
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According to a study by the Annals of Emergency Medicine released earlier this year, professional medical interpreters make significantly fewer mistakes than amateurs. The peer-reviewed scientific journal found that the error rate among interpreters with less training was significantly higher than among those who were professional interpreters with more training.
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The average US attorney may ask: “What is the difference between ‘translation’ and ‘interpretation’ in the courtroom, and why should I care?” But if you are involved in any international litigation, you should be keenly aware of the difference because thousands of dollars may be at stake.
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According to a newspaper in Syracuse, New York, a courtroom interpreter for a morning hearing was mistaken for a lawyer due to his stately demeanor and snazzy dress. Good! Legal interpreters working in courtrooms are expected to wear professional courtroom attire, comparable to what an attorney would wear.
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The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights recently entered into a settlement agreement with Advanced Dialysis Center (ADC) in Randallstown, Maryland, after a deaf patient was denied adequate access to a sign language interpreter.
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Mistranslations and misinterpretations can be more than just confusing and inaccurate — in a legal setting, they can even cause mistrials. By using a professional interpreting agency, however, you can increase your chances of working with an interpreter who has experience working in court and other legal settings.
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Being bilingual alone does not mean you are qualified to be an interpreter. According to The Toronto Star, a Canadian court discovered this fact the hard way when it recently declared a mistrial due to an interpreter’s “poor and substandard” interpretation, despite the observation that the interpreter spoke Hindi well.
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As a legal professional, you may have been asked by a client -- or perhaps even wondered yourself -- why a client’s family member can’t act as an interpreter for your court proceeding. If they know the language in question and are available to appear in court, what’s to...
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Legal interpreters are a requirement in situations such as the courtroom. Interpreters make justice accessible for those who have limited English proficiency or are hearing-impaired. What's more, a lack of professional legal interpreting can lead to severe consequences.
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