On the quality of outsourced interpreting services in criminal courts in Spain

Babel ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-225
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Vigier-Moreno
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Criminal Courts ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Cultural Services ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Migration Flows

Abstract Globalisation, cross-border human mobility and international migration flows have prompted cross-linguistic and cross-cultural services (e.g. translation and interpreting) in all spheres of current societies, including a sector as sensitive as justice. In Spain, as in many other countries, in the last two decades, despite fierce criticism from practitioners and academics, there has been a trend for the authorities to meet these needs by outsourcing these services to private companies rather than hiring qualified professionals individually, on the grounds that this system allows for cheaper and more efficient services. This article presents the most relevant results of a research project based on the analysis of a corpus of authentic interpreter-mediated criminal proceedings, the first project of this kind in Spain. After briefly explaining how the project was carried out and how the corpus was transcribed, annotated and analysed, special attention is paid to the findings in relation to the interpreters’ performance in terms of fidelity and accuracy, and some illustrative examples are provided. The aim is to address the quality of outsourced interpreting services in Spanish criminal courts as well as to indicate areas for improvement.

Voluntary International Migration

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannette Money ◽  
Sara S. Kazemian ◽  
Timothy W. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Absolute Number ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Stable States ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
International Migrants ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
Dividing Line

Although migration has been a human phenomenon from time immemorial, international migration in the contemporary sense is usually dated from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648), which created a state system and the concept of state sovereignty with the associated power to control borders. Migration is usually divided into two categories, “forced” and “voluntary.” This is a useful dividing line, even though it is widely acknowledged that migrants have multiple reasons for moving and that there is often no clear dividing line to distinguish “forced” versus “voluntary” migrants. This article covers only voluntary international migration, both short term and long term. It does not cover the research on forced migration flows (refugees and asylum seekers) as defined in the United Nations Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 and 1967). International migration—defined as individuals living outside their country of origin for more than one year—remains the exception rather than the rule. The decline of transportation and communication costs has increased human mobility, with international travel expanding exponentially since the Second World War. Although the absolute number of migrants continues to increase, as a proportion of the population, international migration has remained relatively stable, running around 3 percent of the global population. International migrants travel in all directions, with at least half moving within the Global South. However, the distribution of international migrants is not uniform; typically migrants move from poorer, more unstable states to wealthier, more stable states. And international migration has become a salient political issue virtually everywhere: in receiving societies, in sending societies, and even in transit societies. So a bibliographical article on the various dimensions of international migration is timely. In this second edition, updated through June 2019, the citations in each section have expanded and sections have been added to reflect the breadth and depth of contemporary research. Subsequent to the overview of international migration and migration processes, the literature is organized around six themes: the economic consequences of immigration; immigration control and enforcement; specific migration flows; immigrant incorporation; migration governance, including migrant rights; and linkages between international migration and other international issues, such as security, trade, aid, and development. This article reflects scholarship on international migration produced in the Global North and/or published in globally prominent scholarly journals. Additional resources, in regional or national journals and books, are often referenced in the articles and books cited in this bibliography.

Interpreting in Spanish criminal courts

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-318
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Vigier Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Criminal Courts ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Domestic Legislation ◽  
Right To Information ◽  
The Right

Abstract The quality of the interpreting carried out in criminal courts has come to the fore in Spain with the entry into force of domestic legislation transposing Directive 2010/64/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010, on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings, and Directive 2012/13/EU of 22 May 2012, on the right to information in criminal proceedings, which enshrines translation and interpreting as an essential element within procedural guarantees. The TIPp project was aimed at developing resources that facilitate court interpreters’ tasks based on the data obtained from a representative corpus of authentic interpreter-mediated criminal proceedings. In this contribution we describe and analyse the corpus, highlighting aspects such as the interpreter’s mother tongue, the type of offence that was tried, the procedural situation of the non Spanish-speaking user and whether there was whispered interpreting or the interpreter was given any instruction.

Cultures of Migration and Conflict in Contemporary Human Mobility in Turkey

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Sirkeci ◽  
Jeffrey H. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
The Other ◽  
Individual Perceptions ◽  
Migration History ◽  
Turkish Culture ◽  
Continuous Population ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
The One ◽  
Migration Propensity

We approach Turkish mobility using a culture of migration perspective with reference to conflict. Conflicts are defined broadly into an array of situations including minor disputes, tensions or latent conflicts on the one hand and major violent events on the other. These situations, defined along a security continuum shape individual perceptions. Increasing perceptions of human insecurity are positively correlated to a rise in migration propensity. Applied to Turkey’s international migration history we note that major conflicts have determined inflows and outflows of populations and created a Turkish culture of migration, which reinforces continuous population flows between countries of destination and origin. Migration flows between Germany and Turkey are exemplary in this regard.

scholarly journals Desafios do encontro entre migrantes e comunidades cristãs: reflexões sobre situações de vulnerabilidade

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Lussi
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Local Churches ◽  
Christian Life ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
Migration Flows

A intensificação dos fluxos de migrações internacionais, em muitasIgrejas locais, vem acompanhada de esforços para promover e sustentar ações de assistência em situações de vulnerabilidade humana, social e jurídica. A categoria da vulnerabilidade entendida como possibilidade de ser ferido (ou de ferir) ajuda a interpretar os desafios que os sujeitos em situação de mobilidade humana atravessam. As comunidades cristãs de chegada dos fluxos igualmente enfrentam desafios nos processos relativos à presença de migrantes e à reinvenção das relações e das práticas de vida cristã, interpeladas pelo fenômeno da mobilidade humana. O artigo propõe reflexões em perspectiva missionária.Palavras-Chave: Protagonismo. Vulnerabilidade. Eclesiologia. Migrantes.Abstract: The intensification of international migration flows in many local Churches is accompanied by efforts to promote and sustain actions of assistance to people in situations of human, social and legal vulnerability. The category of vulnerability includes the possibility of being hurt (or hurting) and helps to interpret the challenges faced by individuals in a situation of human mobility. The Christian communities of arrival of the flows also have to handle with challenges in the processes related to the presence of migrants and the reinvention of the relations and practices of Christian life, called by the phenomenon of human mobility. The article proposes reflections in a missionary perspective.Keywords: Protagonism. Vulnerability. Ecclesiology. Migrants.

Adaptation and cross-cultural validation of the Spanish version of the Thyroid-Related Quality-of-Life Patient-Reported Outcome (ThyPRO) questionnaire

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lleo Ana Maria Gonzalez ◽  
Mauro Boronat Cortes ◽  
Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen ◽  
Carlos Rodriguez Perez ◽  
AEse Krogh Rasmussen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Patient Reported Outcome ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Cultural Validation

Quality of Location in Regions and Economic Efficiency of Private Companies in Poland

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-134
Author(s):  
Wioletta Wierzbicka
Keyword(s):  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Location Factors ◽  
Lower Efficiency ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

Evaluation of the correlation between the economic efficiency level of private companies in Poland and the quality of location in the regions was the aim of the study. Based on the conducted analyses it was established that the level of sales markets absorptiveness shows the strongest correlation with the level of economic efficiency of the companies surveyed. The majority of regions characterised by absorptive sales markets also recorded good results in economic efficiency of companies located there while voivodships with low internal demand were characterised by definitely lower efficiency. Increasingly strong correlation was also recorded between the economic efficiency level of the companies surveyed and the level of knowledge in the regions. This may be the signal that currently the location factors of "soft" nature present increasing influence on the efficiency of companies and it is not impossible that their importance will continue increasing. 

International legal immunities and privileges of the Рrosecutor amicus curiae

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
EKATERINA A. KOPYLOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Amicus Curiae ◽  
Criminal Courts ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
International Criminal Tribunals ◽  
Foreign Science

The article considers the international legal regime of immunities and privileges of amicus curiae prosecutors of international criminal courts which are intended to ensure independent and unhindered performance of their functions in prosecuting crimes against the administration of justice. Due to the lack of doctrinal research in this field, whether in the domestic or foreign science of international law, the study is characterized by scientific novelty. Its empirical basis is constituted of the provisions of international treaties governing the immunities and privileges of staff of the ad hoc international criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court. It is noted that today the state of international legal regulation of immunities and privileges of amicus curiae prosecutors is not quite satisfactory as it contains significant gaps. Two possible approaches to determining the scope of the immunities and privileges of amicus curiae prosecutors are identified: the first based on their status and the second – on the functions they perform. Their critical analysis leads to the conclusion that the functional approach is more in line with the principle of equality of arms in international criminal proceedings. As a result of its application, the scope of the immunities and privileges of amicus curiae prosecutors coincides with the scope of the immunities and privileges granted to staff of the Offices of Prosecutors at the international criminal tribunals.

scholarly journals Global dynamics of international migration systems across South–South, North–North, and North–South flows, 1990–2015

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego F. Leal ◽  
Nicolas L. Harder
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Global Dynamics ◽  
Core Set ◽  
Migration Dynamics ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Migration Systems

AbstractEvidence from 184 countries over the span of 25 years is gathered and analyzed to understand North–North, South–South, and North–South international migration flows. Conceptually, the analysis borrows from network theory and Migration Systems Theory (MST) to develop a model to characterize the structure and evolution of international migration flows. Methodologically, the Stochastic Actor-oriented Model of network dynamics is used to jointly model the three types of flows under analysis. Results show that endogenous network effects at the monadic, dyadic, and triadic levels of analysis are relevant to understand the emergence and evolution of migration flows. The findings also show that a core set of non-network covariates, suggested by MST as key drivers of migration flows, does not always explain migration dynamics in the systems under analysis in a consistent fashion; thus, suggesting the existence of important levels of heterogeneity inherent to these three types of flows. Finally, evidence related to the role of political instability and countries’ care deficits is also discussed as part of the analysis. Overall, the results highlight the importance of analyzing flows across the globe beyond typically studied migratory corridors (e.g., North–South flows) or regions (e.g., Europe).

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