legal interpreter
Courtroom language bridge
A legal interpreter translates spoken language in legal settings—courtrooms, depositions, attorney-client meetings, police interrogations.
Unlike translators who work with written documents, interpreters convert speech in real time, ensuring non-English speakers can participate in legal proceedings.
The role requires fluency in legal terminology and strict accuracy, since mistranslation can affect case outcomes: The legal interpreter asked the witness to repeat her answer.
- translatorOne who renders between languages
- native speakerOne who grew up speaking it
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- witness standPlace for giving testimony
- swornBound by formal promise
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