With 220 languages spoken in California, courts face an interpreter shortage

[Text Drivers are Killers]

Another huge failure of diversity. Litigants should be required to pay for their own interpreters just like they pay for their own expert witnesses.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-court-interpreter-20170905-story.html

sep 5 2017 Federal law enforcement began investigating California’s courts seven years ago after receiving complaints that two Korean-speaking women in Los Angeles had been denied court interpreters.

Courts in other states also were examined and faulted. Along with California, they began working to comply with U.S civil rights law, which bars discrimination based on national origin. Failure to act meant the possible loss of federal money.

But nowhere has the task been so challenging as in California, the most linguistically diverse state in the nation.

At least 220 languages are spoken in California, and 44% of residents speak a language other than English at home. Seven million Californians say they cannot speak English well.

 

[Text Drivers are Killers]

Interesting to read the comments section of this liberal LA Times article. Everyone opposes this policy. The attitude is - speak english or hell with you.

 

[Text Drivers are Killers]

Language diversity is also destroying our public schools. Outside of foreign language classes, everything in school should be in english.

 

[Bill]

Do you know why the court wants them?

 

[floridafan]

Since when did the LA times become liberal, genius? Their owners are more conservative than even you are.

 

[floridafan]

Classes are in English, Wilbur.

 

[cawacko]

Since when did the LA times become liberal, genius? Their owners are more conservative than even you are.

this is some serious trolling

 

[PostmodernProphet]

our courts use a telephone service......in interpreter is available for any language whenever needed......

 

[Cancel 2018.1]

our courts use a telephone service......in interpreter is available for any language whenever needed......

What I use: http://interpret.cyracom.com/

 

[Micawber]

Always the case. We don't provide interpreters for every dialect on the planet. In civil court you pay for your own.

 

[Text Drivers are Killers]

our courts use a telephone service......in interpreter is available for any language whenever needed......

And does the non-english speaking litigant pay for it or does the taxpayer.? THINK

 

[PostmodernProphet]

And does the non-english speaking litigant pay for it or does the taxpayer.? THINK

don't need to think......the taxpayer does.......what is your alternative?.......putting an innocent person in jail because he can't tell you his alibi?......