Fundamentals of court interpretation theory, policy and practice
Roseann D. Gonzalez, Victoria F. Vasquez, and Holly Mikkelson.
- 2nd ed.
- Durham, N.C. Carolina Academic Press c2012.
- p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Social justice through language access -- Dilemmas in due process -- Interpreting as a profession -- The profession of court interpretation -- Overview of language policy in the u.s -- Bridging the language gap: access to due process -- The court interpreters act -- Continuing access problems in federal courts after the court interpreters -- Court interpretation at the state and local court level -- Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and its implementation -- Guidance to state courts on the provision of meaningful access to LEP individuals -- Interpreting for federal government agencies -- Court interpreting outside the U.S. -- Overview of the U.S. government -- Overview of the U.S. criminal justice system -- Criminal procedure -- Comparative legal traditions and the interpreter -- The role of the court interpreter in the U.S. legal system -- The use of interpreters at specific stages of the criminal justice process -- Language accommodation needs in the custodial interrogation stage of the criminal justice system -- Judges' guide to working with interpreters and LEP litigants -- Attorneys' guide to working with interpreters and LEP litigants -- Management, recruitment, and assessment of interpreters -- Orientation, training, and monitoring of interpreters -- Administrative issues -- The nature of language -- Aspects of meaning -- Characteristics of legal language -- Variation and complexity of legal language -- Questioning styles, witness testimony, and the court interpreter -- Categories of interpreter error : the university of Arizona study -- Translation and interpretation -- From theory to practice -- Simultaneous interpretation -- Consecutive interpretation -- Sight translation -- Document translation -- Introduction to the courtroom and legal actors -- Pragmatics of judicial proceedings and the interpreter -- Forensic transcription and translation -- Using language resources and references -- Technology and the interpreter -- Remote interpreting : telephonic and videoconferencing -- Ethics and professional conduct -- Interpreter education -- Federal certification -- State certification -- A look at the future.