Community Interpreting for Public Local Institutions in Maribor – Implementation of a Transcultural Law Clinic

Authors

  • Vlasta Kučiš University of Maribor
  • Natalia Kaloh Vid University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4335/18.2.349-369(2020)

Keywords:

transcultural law clinic, community interpreting, court interpreting, Slovenia

Abstract

Our paper focuses on the possibility of offering supervised translating/interpreting services to legal interpreters and professionals at Maribor court in the form of a transcultural law clinic implemented as an elective course at the university level. In the empirical section, we will focus on the results of interviews with legal interpreters and professionals at the Penalty Department of Maribor court. On the basis of evidence acquired through questionnaires and interviews, this chapter analyses both legal interpreters and legal professionals’ perspectives on their role, mutual cooperation, conflicts that may arise and limits to their functions, all within the framework of current interpreting service provision practiced at the local Maribor court. The analysis of the data lead to establishing a transcultural law clinic in the form of an elective course at the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor. The research was conducted and the clinic was organized within the project “TransLaw: Exploring Legal Interpreting Service Paths and Transcultural Law Clinics for persons suspected or accused of a crime” financed by the European Union.

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2020-04-27

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