What starting public service interpreters in the EU should know about legislation: the case of Belgium and the Netherlands ; Lo que deberían saber los intérpretes recién formados en los servicios públicos en la UE sobre la legislación: el caso de Bélgica y los Países Bajos

The interpreting profession weaves its way through a tangled web of legal provisions. Especially in the areas of immigration, the court, the police or social services, third-party rights play an important role, and language assistance is needed to act following the law. Freelance interpreters are contracted. These interpreters have opted for entrepreneurship and private-law relationships with their clients. The public-law sphere, however, is very much a part of their activities, through their training, certification, fees they earn, but also taxation. Due to growing professionalization, higher... Mehr ...