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Fast-talking MEPs urged to slow down for interpreters
The European Parliament's chief of staff has urged MEPs to speak slower and stick to their native language, to help the interpreters.
Taxpayers hit by £2m per month bill for translators
Experts who speak 226 tongues, dialects and who can sign for deaf foreigners have been employed for criminal, civil and family hearings.
Capita still falls short on court interpreting
Nearly four years after the outsourcing of courtroom interpreting to a single contractor, the service continues to fall short of its key performance target, according to the latest government figures.
Home Office drops plans to cut interpreter wages after boycott threat
The one-day mass action threatened by the pool of more than 2,000 interpreters could have brought the processing of immigration claims to a standstill.
