criminal justice system

What’s in a Word? Conveying Judeo-Christian Guilt into Tibetan Language

What’s in a Word? Conveying Judeo-Christian Guilt into Tibetan Language BY VANESSA KUBOTA The word “guilt” does not exist in the Tibetan language. At least not in the...

Report recommends providing language support training to UK prisoners

The Bell Foundation, a UK-based charity organization specializing in language education, has published a report highlighting the need for better language access services in the UK’s criminal justice system. Of particular interest is the organization’s finding that several prisoners currently serve as impromptu interpreters or language brokers for their non-English speaking peers, due to a lack of professional interpreters on-call.