From the Classroom to the Courtroom: A Guide to Interpreting in the U.S. Justice System

American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph #XVII

by Elena M. de Jongh

From the Classroom to the A guide to interpreting in the U.S. justice system offers a wealth of information that will assist aspiring court interpreters in providing linguistic minorities with access to fair and expeditious judicial proceedings. The guide will familiarize prospective court interpreters and students interested in court interpreting with the nature, purpose and language of pretrial, trial and post-trial proceedings. Documents, dialogues and monologues illustrate judicial procedures; the description of court hearings with transcripts creates a realistic model of the stages involved in live court proceedings.The innovative organization of this guide mirrors the progression of criminal cases through the courts and provides readers with an accessible, easy-to-follow format. It explains and illustrates court procedure as well as provides interpreting exercises based on authentic materials from each successive stage. This novel organization of materials

237 pages, Hardcover

First published December 15, 2011

Reviews

[Christopher Alexander · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a useful book, I think some of the information is redundant, but I got some major notes from this book like the order of pre-trial, trial and post-judgement proceedings. The code of Ethics is similar to the code of ethics to the medical interpretation field, and I have a head start for my note glossary.