Risks of Not Using Qualified Translators
and Interpreters
Danger Ahead! There are inherent risks in not using qualified translators and interpreters. The below examples illustrate what can go wrong.
Jen McMillan, writing in the Law Society Journal, explains the dangers for bilingual lawyers when they seek to act as interpreters and/or translators…
An Aboriginal man with cognitive impairment has walked free from jail after almost five years behind bars, with WA’s highest court overturning his…
ANU: Critical case analysis of adverse events associated with failure to use interpreters for non-English speaking patients.
In the case of State v. Casarez-Hernandez, 280 Or App 312 (2016) (De Muniz, S.J.), the court concludes that the state failed to meet its burden…
Lost in translation: Chinese tourist mistaken for asylum seeker in Germany (ABC News)…
In the case of Biggs v George [2016] NSWCA 113, Ms Sandra George, a Macedonian-speaker with a poor grasp of English, underwent an operation…
Migrant advocates are calling for specialised training of interpreters for family violence victims as cases emerge of those who fail to remain…
Western Australian police officers have often failed to comply with the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 (CI Act) and their own Police Manual…
Woman calling for inquest into son’s death fears man who confessed to murder without interpreter present is innocent…
In the case of Police v Pithang [2015] SASC 88 (11 June 2015) an accused man walked free after police prosecutors failed to find an interpreter…
The suspect was denied basic legal rights such as the use of an interpreter, and thus his admissions to police were not voluntary.
Sara Bird’s case study in the Australian Family Physician Vol. 39, no. 4, April 2010 outlines the potential legal implications…
