What are the appropriate modes for court interpreting?
Simultaneous Interpreting is interpreting at the same time someone is speaking. To be heard by only the person receiving the interpretation. Consecutive Interpreting is interpreting after the speaker has stopped speaking, and is to be heard by everyone. Sight Interpreting/Translating is when an interpreter reads a document in one language while interpreting/translating orally into another. For the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: A court interpreter for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is someone who interprets in court proceedings, such as civil, criminal, domestic relations, juvenile, traffic or other in-court proceedings, for each party, juror or witness who are deaf or hard of hearing. The court interpreter is never to summarize a court proceeding. The court interpreter is to be neutral and unbiased, and to never show or express emotions during a court proceeding. The court interpreter must only interpret, and must never provide legal advice or become an advocate for one side or the other in
