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Court interpreters in California are unionized and at least in Sonoma earn $115,000 per year. According to the Sonoma paper, the interpreters are over worked and while in the past the courts have permitted other agencies to borrow their interpreters, the courts are no longer willing to permit this borrowing. They blame the economy. They want their interpreters only to work in the courts and not probation, parole, etc. I can't help but wonder how this became an issue? I suspect because the interpreters were complaining that too much of their time was being used by related agencies. Hmmmm. I do think it is a good thing that the related agencies become assessible to people who speak other languages, so regardless of how it came about, it is a good result.
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| | (c) 2009 Carla M. Mathers |
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