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Systemic Issues

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This Chapter explores a variety of systemic issues, such as fatigue and poor working conditions, that negatively affect court interpreter performance. Furthermore, the book surveys the general practices used by criminal justice systems when appointing court interpreters, as well as the economic pressures involved in the court interpreting market, and comes to the conclusion that the overall level of competence exhibited by most appointed interpreters is dangerously low. Building upon Gile’s Effort Model, the Chapter theorizes that many of the interpreting errors previously discussed in the work may arise from a combination of systemic and environmental issues negatively impacting the cognitive abilities of already limited interpreters.

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Dingfelder Stone, J.H. (2018). Systemic Issues. In: Court Interpreters and Fair Trials. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75355-3_6

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