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The Interpretative Practice of the International Court of Justice
Abstract This article provides an overview of the interpretative practice of the International Court of Justice on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. Whilst the jurisprudence of the nascent ICJ played an important role in the formulation of Articles 31 to 33 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, we explore the extent to which the Court ...
Lekkas, S.I., Merkouris, P., Peat, D.
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COURT INTERPRETER IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Court interpreter plays a specific and important role, which is often underestimated in criminal proceedings. One of human rights’ aspects deals with ensuring a high-quality translation in order to make the procedure available for a person, who does not ...
Drozde, Lāsma, Bozko-Cace, Margarita
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In today's multicultural landscape, opportunities for interpreters to acquire professional competence through formal training in order to work in legal settings, including court, remain limited, especially in the so-called 'rare languages' of recent ...
Ludmila Stern, Xin Liu
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Images of the court interpreter
Today’s legal system generally demands that the interpreter function as a “faceless voice,” a conduit, that is, in a “neutral” and non-intrusive way.
Ruth Morris
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The court interpreter’s performance is integral to ensuring a fair trial. When dealing with insults, offensive language, and taboo words it is especially important to interpret renditions accurately and completely, as uttered insults or other ...
Coral Ivy Hunt-Gómez
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Culture and the Court Interpreter
In New Zealand, interpreters provide ‘vital services for nearly 10,000 hearings a year in more than 150 languages’ (Ministry of Justice chief operating officer, Carl Crafer according to Nichols, 2021). Despite this, the Ministry of Justice Guidelines for Interpreters (Ministry of Justice, 2021) (‘MOJ Guidelines’) provide very limited guidance on how ...
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Translation of a book of evidence and its impact on a criminal trial - A case study [PDF]
Interpreting in a legal setting in Ireland is not subject to any regulation. Police and court interpreters are neither certified nor tested. The current study aims to analyse the impact on a criminal trial of unqualified interpreters’ assistance in the ...
Jarmolowska, Karolina
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Interpreter Intervention And Participant Roles In Witness Examination
The court interpreter code of ethics in general requires interpreters to restrict their function strictly to interpreting and to refrain from clarifying ambiguity with the speaker, especially with the witness. The code usually suggests that permission be
Ng, ENS
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THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE COURT INTERPRETER-TRANSLATOR IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF ZAMBIA
The paper gives a historical account of the negative effects of poor interpreter-translator service providers to the development of the justice system in countries of Africa generally and Zambia in particular. It recommends various practical solutions to
Alex KASONDE
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On January 1, 2023, the Court Interpreters Act came into force in Germany. This is a national law intended to standardize the swearing-in of interpreters for judicial purposes across the country.
Aleksandra Wronkowska
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