Court interpreters</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Court interpreters"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Court,interpreters"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">10-11-2004</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Court interpreters</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Pennsylvania, USA: According to a report published on Sunday on mcall.com "the shortage of court interpreters in Pennsylvania and the lack of standards for them is becoming critical, resulting in postponed proceedings and delayed justice, according to advocates. Unqualified interpreters, they add, opens defendants to serious injustices, such as pleading guilty to charges they do not understand." <br> <br>"Pennsylvania is among a dwindling number of US states that have no certification process or testing mechanism for interpreters, who are responsible for making sure defendants and litigants understand what is happening to them in court. The state also does not require that the interpreters hired by county court administrators from outside agencies have certification or training in courtroom procedures, ethical conduct or legal terminology." <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.mcall.com " target="blank">www.mcall.com </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show