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Court Interpreters in Short Supply in Multilingual Texas

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That's the title of Dianne Solis' report for the Sunday Dallas Morning News.  LINKThe Honduran woman had been beaten repeatedly. And when it was time to face her former boyfriend who she said had tormented her, she wanted the jury in the Dallas courtroom to understand key details. Her voice shook. She spoke only Spanish.The young woman used an interpreter, Lyda Baro. In English, Baro said, "And from a beating, he gave me a miscarriage."The accused was found guilty of a criminal misdemeanor offense.Court interpreters like Baro give voice to women challenging domestic violence, to children who've been abused, to witnesses of murders, and to many other parts of often-complex legal processes. And they have never been in more demand ? a reflection of the demographic sweep of immigration in North Texas and across the country...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 26, 2009 (boomark / email).