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April 2012
  • Courts last in translation, thanks to outsourcing giant in England and Wales – Frances Gibb
  • Court translation service in crisis after cost-cutting deal – Channel 4
  • Gavin Wheeldon of Applied Language Solutions hits back – Yakub Qureshi
  • Interpreting error leads to £25,000 retrial costs – Ruth Green
  • Robyn Dean workshop – report by Miren Maialen Samper
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February 2012
  • Bad “Hindi Translation” leads to mistrial in Brampton sex assault case – Toronto Stat
  • Abu Dhabi Federal National Council passes law on translators – Samir Salama
  • Swedish jobs agency slammed over ‘cheap’ interpreters – Rebecca Martin
  • MoJ interpreting hub a ‘false economy’ – Catherine Baksi
  • Judge Paul Carney: use of interpreters to be curbed due to budgets – breakingnews.ie
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December 2011
  • Australian trial aborted after juror criticises Indonesian interpreter – Geesche Jacobsen
  • Translation vexation: non-English speakers in Ireland and affidavit evidence – David Boughton
  • Longford Judge hits out at interpreters’ service
  • IPCITI conference report – Miren Maialen Samper
  • Interpreter/detective provides startling evidence in Ontario
  • Freelancing for DCU Language Services Ltd – Aisling Nolan
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October 2011
  • How £11,000 a day is lost in translation over foreign NHS patients in Scotland – Sam Walker
  • Does justice lose something in translation? – David Bellos
  • Courts Service interpreting tender process – Mary Phelan
  • Bad interpreters a ‘threat’ to rule of law in Sweden – thelocal.se
  • Utah’s language law for driver’s licence test creates roadblock for refugees – Salt Lake Tribune
  • Translation derails sex assault trial – Joseph Brean
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August 2011
  • Translations available on request – degrees in Latin and certificates of naturalization in Irish – Mary Phelan
  • ‘Promotoras’ bridge doctor-patient barrier in hospitals in LA – Denise Dador
  • Language app helps US troops in Afghanistan – Kristen McCrae
  • Paramedics advised parents to give boy 7Up, inquest told – Georgina O’Halloran
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June 2011
  • Koreans and Scots celebrate legacy of Bible translator – Christiantoday.com
  • Ottawa court interpreters looking to unionize – The Lawyers Weekly
  • Schoolgirl is youngest Parliament interpreter – Ben Lee
  • Council of Irish Sign Language Interpreters established – Cormac Leonard
  • Mortality data delivers surprising results – Irish Times
  • EU Patent Office and Google seal pact on translation
  • Interpreters play vital role in US court system – Karen Madden
  • Interpreter completes three years in Afghanistan – Adrienne Brammer
  • Conference report – 10th FIT Forum on Ethics and Good Practices – Miren Maialen Samper
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April 2011
  • Over 300 interpreters ready to help quake-affected foreigners – Kyodo News
  • Lancashire police interpreter contract is scrapped – Sam Chadderton
  • Conference report on AVIDICUS symposium on remote interpreting – Miren Maialen Samper
  • Huang Youyi: China has stories to tell the world – Ren Zhongxi
  • Lost in translation: courtroom video-link interpreting – Catherine Burton
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February 2011
  • Interpreter’s actions raise suspect rights question – Chase Purdy
  • Translation as Literary Ambassador – Larry Rother
  • Courts Service goes to tender again – Mary Phelan
  • Medical interpreters are a patient’s right – Francesca Lunzer Kritz, LA Times
  • Deaf man can sit on jury, says judge – Eithne Donnellan
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