Umberto Eco used to say that translation is the language of Europe. The European institutions alone translate millions of pages every year. Maybe it sounds banal to say that the successors of Saint Jerome allow people all over the world to understand each other better, to know each other better, to discover new worlds, but...
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September 23, 2019September 22, 2019
Austria’s Court Interpreters Go on Strike
On 17 September 2019 legal interpreters throughout Austria went on strike. Court interpreting is a well regulated profession in Austria. A law actually stipulates the rates that legal interpreters get for their services at hearings, trials, investigative examinations, or asylum proceedings. The rates are indexed – and this is where Austria’s court interpreters had reason...