Two ways with one start and end: The position of court interpreters and translators in the Czech and Slovak Republic

Zuzana Guldanová, Marketa Štefková, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Pavlína Knap-Dlouhá, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

The paper provides a short summary of the original juridical regulations in the field of court interpretation and translation in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia.

The contribution touches as well the issues of institutionalizing of translating for government bodies and courts. And in this context we will elaborate further on the establishing of interpretation institutions and the activity of professional organizations operating independently of the government bodies.

Finally, the paper gives a summary of the main issues of court interpretation and translation and the possible perspectives of its solutions on a pan-European level, via international professional organizations.

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