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07-30-2007, 05:28 AM #1
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FL:Local immigration drives the demand for court translators
Courts make heavy use of translators
Local immigration drives the demand
By PAT GILLESPIE
pgillespie@news-press.com
Originally posted on July 30, 2007
Cornelio Mendez struggled to understand the theft charge he faced in Lee County Circuit Court on Tuesday.
Mendez, a Mexican immigrant who’s been in the United States for a little more than a year, wanted to tell the judge the incident that led to his court appearance — changing the price tag on children’s clothes at a department store — was a misunderstanding.
At his side throughout the proceeding was an interpreter who relayed information in Spanish to Mendez. Without the translator and the Spanish-language documents the court provided for Mendez, he wouldn’t have understood the proceedings.
“They gave me all the help I needed, even an attorney who speaks Spanish,â€
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