What is ISO 20228 – Standard for legal interpreting about?
Legal interpreting is distinct from legal translation and involves the communication of spoken or signed messages in real time. ISO 20228 establishes the basic principles and practices of legal interpreting services and specifies the competencies of legal interpreters.
ISO 20228 also describes the various legal settings and provides recommendations for the corresponding interpreting modes.
ISO 20228 is applicable to all parties involved in facilitating communication between users of legal services using a spoken or signed language.
Who is ISO 20228 – Standard for legal interpreting for?
ISO 20228, the standard for legal interpreting services requirements is useful for:
- The legal profession / lawyers / Judges
- Parties in different legal settings
- Judicial stakeholders
- Persons dependant on interpreting services during legal communication
Why should you use ISO 20228 – Standard for legal interpreting?
Standards of legal interpreting training and practice vary widely, and are subject to change with remarkable fluidity. ISO 20228 was developed in response to a worldwide and growing need to accommodate the interpreting needs of persons deprived of liberty, suspects, accused, defendants, plaintiffs, claimants, complainants, witnesses, victims, parties in different legal settings during spoken and signed communication. In addition, ISO 20228 serves the needs of judicial stakeholders such as judges, lawyers, prosecutors, police officers, court administrative staff, notaries as well as private persons requiring interpreting services during communicative events related to the law.
Legal interpreting has become established as interpreting services provided by professional interpreters. There are various codes and standards for specific settings, but they vary from country to country, and there are no universally agreed rules or standards for the provision of legal interpreting services.
The guidelines in ISO 20228 provide you with basic principles and practices of legal interpreting services to facilitate fluid communication.
