Citizens Have the Right to a Court Interpreter
- 16 years ago
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California bill AB 3050, authored by state representative Dave Jones of Sacramento, would create programs that would guarantee litigants access to a language interpreter.
In California law there exists a legal obligation to provide an interpreter for criminal defendants. But litigants in civil cases currently have no such protection
“The outcome of a legal dispute must be based on the facts and not as a consequence of the lack of language skills of one of the parties,” writes La Opinión, a Spanish-language daily newspaper published in Los Angeles.
Governor Schwarzenegger terminated a previous, similar measure, ostensibly because of the cost. This current bill has a self-financing mechanism.
“It is unacceptable that children are forced to interpret in their parents’ divorce or that someone must depend on the good-will of strangers to translate at the last moment,” La Opinión writes
California bill AB 3050, authored by state representative Dave Jones of Sacramento, would create programs that would guarantee litigants access to a language interpreter.
In California law there exists a legal obligation to provide an interpreter for criminal defendants. But litigants in civil cases currently have no such protection
“The outcome of a legal dispute must be based on the facts and not as a consequence of the lack of language skills of one of the parties,” writes La Opinión, a Spanish-language daily newspaper published in Los Angeles.
Governor Schwarzenegger terminated a previous, similar measure, ostensibly because of the cost. This current bill has a self-financing mechanism.
“It is unacceptable that children are forced to interpret in their parents’ divorce or that someone must depend on the good-will of strangers to translate at the last moment,” La Opinión writes