Access to court interpreting as social inclusion for migrants in Australia: an analysis of courtroom examination questions and answers
Access to court interpreting as social inclusion for migrants in Australia: an analysis of courtroom examination questions and answers

Summary/Abstract: With nearly half of its population born overseas, Australia is oneof the most prominent societies built and shaped by migrants worldwide. InAustralian courts, access to court interpreting is crucial for social inclusion.However, translating the language of law in court is never an easy job.Therefore, court interpreters serve as indispensable gatekeepers forprocedural justice and linguistic equity. But how accurately did courtinterpreters reproduce lawyer questioning and defendant testimony in court?Drawing on triangulated survey and interpreting performance data, our initialfindings suggest a mismatch between what the interpreters said they woulddo and what the interpreters actually did when translating the manner inwhich lawyers crafted their questions and defendant responded to theirquestions in court. Our contributions are three-fold: (1) increasing thelinguistic ‘manner awareness’, (2) promoting interprofessional under-standing, and (3) compassing future pedagogies in court interpretereducation.

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