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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Dilemmas in Due Process | |
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| Definitions, Scope, and Limitations | |
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| Historical Antecedents | |
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| Movement Toward Equal Access | |
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| Bridging the Language Gap: Access to Due Process | |
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| The Court Interpreters Act | |
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| Court Interpretation at the State and Local Court Level | |
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| Court Interpretation Outside the United States | |
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| Legal Overview | |
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| Overview of the United States Government | |
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| Overview of the United States Criminal Justice System | |
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| Criminal Procedure | |
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| Principles of Comparative Law | |
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| Utilization of Interpreter Services | |
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| The Role of the Court Interpreter in the United States Legal System | |
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| The Use of Interpreters at Specific Stages of the Criminal Legal Process | |
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| Principles of the Proper Utilization of Interpreters in the Courtroom | |
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| Management of Court Interpreter Services | |
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| Recruitment and Assessment of Interpreters | |
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| Orientation Training, and Monitoring of Interpreters | |
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| Administrative Issues | |
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| Language and the Interpreter | |
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| The Nature of Language | |
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| Aspects of Meaning | |
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| Characteristics of Legal Language | |
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| Variation and Complexity of Legal Language | |
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| Questioning Styles, Witness Testimony, and the Court Interpreter | |
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| Categories of Interpreter Error: The University of Arizona Study | |
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| Interpretation Theory and Practice | |
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| Translation and Interpretation | |
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| Theoretical Models of Interpretation | |
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| Simultaneous Interpretation | |
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| Consecutive Interpretation | |
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| Sight Translation | |
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| Practical Considerations and Tasks | |
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| Introduction to the Courtroom and Legal Actors | |
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| Pragmatics of Judicial Proceedings and the Interpreter | |
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| Tape Transcription and Document Translation | |
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| Using Language Resources and References | |
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| Technical Aids | |
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| Professional Issues | |
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| Ethical Principles and Standards | |
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| Professional Conduct | |
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| Federal Certification | |
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| State Certification | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| A Look to the Future | |
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| Appendix A. The Court Interpreters Act of 1978 | |
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| Appendix B. Interim Regulations for Federal Court Interpreters | |
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| Appendix C. Code of Professional Responsibility of the Official Interpreters of the United States Courts | |
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| Appendix D. The Court Interpreter Amendments Act of 1988 | |
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| Appendix E. Directory of Professional Organizations and Certifying Bodies | |
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| Appendix F. California State Court Judicial Rules for Court Interpreters | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index of Legal Citations | |
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| Index of Names | |
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| Index of Subjects | |
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| About the Authors | |