Several groups of court interpreters in Ontario, Canada take action against 12-year-old hourly rate, lack of support for remote interpreting during Covid. Ministry of the Attorney General responds.
Interpreters ordered back to Los Angeles County courthouses as social distancing is called off. California Federation of Interpreters fights to extend telework citing recent spike in new Covid cases.
Research into UK Justice System sheds light on barriers that speakers of English as a second language (ESL) face in accessing justice and rehabilitation.
It has been a busy summer 2018 for the US legal and healthcare interpretation industry with President Trump’s immigration policy boosting demand for rarer languages, states building out language services for voters, and local governments pushing back on interpreter pay demands.
Non-staff interpreters working in US immigration courts received a favorable ruling from the National Labor Relations Board in their complaint against government services contractor SOS International (SOSi).
LSP Translated says automatic speech translation prototype to be delivered to Parliament within 12 months with two other solutions. EU to name best-performing solution official tool for two years.
Contract interpreters rally in front of Parliament to draw attention to their dissatisfaction over EU’s offer of a “mitigating measure" as bookings vanished in light of Covid-19.
As institutional interpretation work vanishes, auxiliary conference interpreters call EU mitigation offer “unworthy of a public entity.” EU staff interpreters set up emergency solidarity fund.
Linguists in the Netherlands go on strike opposing the use by the government of interpreters and translators who do not meet the current required language proficiency level.
Attempt at vendor centralization fails as Danish National Police terminates USD 80m EasyTranslate interpretation contract with immediate effect. Districts, courts, and other authorities revert to system of individual interpreter booking.
EasyTranslate points to 95% delivery rate amid complaints that interpreters were no-shows in a Danish court, a police station, and at driving schools.
Association of Language Companies President says simply turning independent contractors into employees sans smart legislation is “wildly inefficient and financially untenable.”
The latest acquisition by Interpreters Unlimited is part of their continued effort to meet the growing demand for foreign language services due to the rise of immigration in the United States.
Slovakia’s parliament passed a law requiring authorised experts, translators and interpreters to be held accountable if they make mistakes or faults. The public authorities using them will be required to report such faults and the punishment meted out made public.
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against interpretation services provider SOS International (SOSi). SOSi may be required to reclassify hundreds of interpreters supporting a large government contract from freelance to employee-status nationwide.
New Jersey Supreme Court orders rollout of consolidated Language Access Plan by the end of 2017. Directs judiciary to translate more into high-demand languages and implement a translation management system.
Chinese company that failed to pay for 170,000 tons of iron ore tries a hail mary by blaming the translator for arbitration loss. Australia’s Federal Court unimpressed; says claim comes a bit late and reminds the company that there is no such thing as a perfect translation.
California courts work to provide full language services even as Governor approves funding for medical interpreter pilot program. North Carolina follows suit, improves language access; no more procrastinating for US doctors in providing free translations, and Oregon court interpreters get pay hike.
After a five-year legal battle, Los Angeles finally bites the bullet and signs off on more free language services for litigants with limited English proficiency. Chief federal law enforcement officer of seven California counties vows greater access to judicial system for LEP individuals.
The European Union wants to buy over EUR 4.5m in editorial services; judge reins in Texas in landmark interpreter ruling; study shows medical interpretation major growth market in US; recently formed LSP United Language Group beefs up its board.
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