EU legislation report recommends right to an interpreter and translation for criminal suspects

THE EU should introduce new legislation guaranteeing a minimum level of rights for criminal suspects and a basic right to privacy for its citizens.

It also needs to ensure that member states are properly and efficiently implementing new European legislation in the fields of justice, freedom and security.
These are two key recommendations in a confidential EU [...]

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China’s minority language translators exceed 100,000

China has made new advances in minority language protection, as more than 100,000 professionals and amateurs are now translating between Mandarin Chinese and minority languages.
“Compared with the past, China’s minority language work has entered a new stage,” said Wu Shuizi, head of the China Minority Translation Bureau, at a four-day international translation [...]

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Foreign Correspondents Club of China: have consideration for translators, interpreters

The Olympic Games in Beijing opens in less than 100 hours. The foreign media contingent is estimated at more than 20,000, roughly double the number of competing athletes. To be sure, not all the reporters and news crews are focused on sports.
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières – RSF) published a short set of practical [...]

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Australia: Four-month delay in translating evidence

Evidence gathered in Britain and the Netherlands of an alleged plot by former Crime Commission investigator Mark Standen to import $120 million worth of drugs may take up to four months to be handed to the Australian Federal Police.
The delay in transcribing into English evidence from telephone intercepts of the alleged deal with a Dutch [...]

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New York: Immigrant Advocates Sue Pharmacies Without Translations

Immigrant advocates announced action against local pharmacies they say discriminate against non-English speaking New Yorkers Wednesday.
The group Make The Road New York filed a formal complaint with the Attorney General’s Office against 16 pharmacies last year, and now that number has doubled.
The suit claims the stores fail to provide written or verbal translations for prescriptions. [...]

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South Africa: trial postponed for lack of interpreter

The OR Tambo International Airport robbery trial has been postponed yet again. This is because the Johannesburg High Court is still waiting for an interpreter from Namibia. Two of the accused are Namibians, who speak only Herero. They are part of a gang accused of stealing millions in foreign currency from a cargo plane in [...]

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Australia: Untranslated safety guidelines: 1 death, $1.125 million fine

BEER giant Foster’s has been slapped with a $1.125 million fine over the death of a worker at its Abbotsford brewery.
Father of three Cuu Huynh, 58, died after being trapped in a sensor-controlled door of a machine he was operating on April 13, 2006.
Mr Huynh’s neck was jammed between a handrail and the heavy steel [...]

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Interview of European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation

Karl-Johan (JUHANI) Lönnroth (Left), Director General of the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission, gives an interview to China.org.cn on August 5,2008 in Shanghai, China. [China.org.cn]

Karl-Johan (JUHANI) Lönnroth, Director-General of the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission, gives an interview to China.org.cn on August 5,2008 in Shanghai, China. [China.org.cn]

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation [...]

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Europa y China estrechan lazos a través de la traducción

Europa y China construyen relaciones de traducción más fuertes

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Zhou Mingwei, vicepresidente ejecutivo del Grupo Internacional de Publicación China (CIPG, siglas en inglés) se reúne [...]

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Más de 1.000 lingüistas en el congreso de la ALFAL

Principal encuentro de estudio de lenguas de América Latina
Más de 1.000 especialistas en las lenguas de América Latina (español, portugués o lenguas indígenas) se reunirán entre el 18 y el 21 de agosto en el Radisson Victoria Plaza Hotel de Montevideo, donde se realizará el XV Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Lingüística y [...]

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