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For Members of the Public, Professionals and Organisations working with Interpreters and/or Translators
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Guidelines for Legal Settings

The Judicial Council on Diversity & Inclusion (JCDI – previously called the the Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity, JCCD) has developed a set of Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals. These national standards promote optimal practices in Australian courtrooms.

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Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals – 2nd Edition

Other resources from the JCDI: 

How to assess if an interpreter is needed
How to work with an interpreter
Understanding the role of the interpreter
Interpreters in Criminal Proceedings: Benchbook for Judicial Officers

Resources from the Federal Court of Australia (FCA) and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA):

Federal Court of Australia (FCA) – Practice Note on Working with Interpreters
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) – Practice Direction: Working with Interpreters

Other resources:

Guidelines for Lawyers on working with Interpreters in Court
Techniques for Working with Interpreters: Using Plain English (factsheet published by the JCDI)
Guidelines for Communicating Rights to Non-Native Speakers of English in Australia, England and Wales, and the USA, 2015
Survey on the Implementation of the Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals, November 2020

Resources specific to state jurisdictions (QLD, NSW, SA, VIC):

NSW Local Court Bench Book – Interpreters
Queensland Courts' Guideline for Working with Interpreters in Queensland Courts and Tribunals
Interpreter Protocols: South Australia

Sight translation:

Guidelines for People who Work with Interpreters:
Sight Translation

What does it sound like when court proceedings are not in your first language? 

You Understand, Don't You? (Pintupi-Luritja)
You Understand, Don't You? Part 2 (Yolngu Matha)
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Submission form

for court interpreters to report incidents or issues that occur in court interpreting assignments.

Purpose and function of this information submission form.

This form enables you to report issues or problems that you encounter in the course of court interpreting assignments. These issues and problems will be collected by AUSIT to report to the JCCD (the Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity) to monitor the implementation of the Recommended National Standards. The reporting of these issues and problems enables AUSIT to work with the JCCD to suggest steps to address these issues and to avoid the repetition of these problems in the future.

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