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Fernando A. Gascón Nasarre Vicepresident APTIJ Abogado (Spanish lawyer) Sworn translator for German (Intérprete Jurado de Alemán). Robinson Crusoe. Law books are not almighty. SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR. Sworn translation. Court interpreter. Court interpreter. Ethics. Moral. Reasonable
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Fernando A. Gascón Nasarre Vicepresident APTIJ Abogado (Spanish lawyer) Sworn translator for German (Intérprete Jurado de Alemán)
Law books are not almighty SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Ethics Moral
Reasonable • Good faith • Proportional
Law books are not almighty SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Code of professional ethics • Code of conduct: • Maximalist (how things should be) • Voice of previous experience PREVIOUS TO LEGAL REGULATION
PREVIOUS TO LEGAL REGULATION Directive 2010/64/EU
No need of title. • No examination. • No verification of competence. • No code of ethics.
16 Julio 09 - Madrid - Efe The Police have arrested two people that were doing sworn translations in courts and police stations in Catalonia and that were linked to the leaders of the dismantled organisation.
03/03/2010 a las 06:00 TERUELHearing suspended because the only Chinese interpreter was the defendant. While in the dock, the accused offered himself to translate from Spanish into Chinese and viceversa. However, the judge rejected his kind offer.
03.09.09 - MÁLAGA It sounded like Chinese to the interpreter. Hearing against an Eastern woman suspended because the interpreter could not speak Spanish.
Following the privatization of the service and the low fees, several police interpreters have been arrested under charges of fraud, Kidnapping and drug dealing. When the Drugs and Organised Crime Unit of the Police was trying to identify one of the men in custody, they discovered that actually the drug dealer was one of their translators.
Interpreters with criminal record • Amateurs with no training • Interpreters with wrong languages • Any kind of error
Mox Mox
Interpreters Lawyers
ONLY TOOL?