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27-11-2006
North Carolina to crack down on inefficiencies in the interpreting system
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North Carolina, USA (WS Journal): Around the first of the year, state officials will begin cracking down on inefficiencies in the interpreting system used throughout North Carolina's courts, taking over a job previously left to local officials. […] There's a shortage of certified interpreters and a growing number of defendants who don't speak English. As a result, some court officials have used interpreters who aren't certified. And as that has happened, there have been some incidents of unethical practices on the part of interpreters.
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