ITIA Bulletin – Court translation service in crisis

Las últimas dos ediciones de la revista que edita la ITIA (Irish Translators and Interpreters Association) vienen con artículos interesantes acerca de errores de interpretación en juicio y la situación que se vive gracias a la externalización de los servicios de interpretación (asunto ALS):

• Bad “Hindi Translation” Leads To Mistrial In Brampton Sex Assault Case. A “physical” assault is not the same as a “sexual” assault. Touching “between legs” is not the same as touching the “genital area.” And “a couple of weeks” is definitely not “two days.”

• Court translation service in crisis after cost-cutting deal. A government deal with Applied Language Solutions (ALS) was supposed to cut £18m off the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) bill for court translation services in England and Wales – around 23 per cent of the budget. But what was intended as a cost-cutting measure will cost the government thousands of pounds every day in delays and adjournments, Channel 4 News has been told.

• Interpreting error leads to £25,000 retrial costs. A trial at a London court collapsed last Friday after it was revealed that an interpreter employed by Applied Language Solutions had made a grave interpreting error.

La revista se puede leer en la página web de la ITIA.